AI Safety Newsletter #69: Department of War, Anthropic, and National Security

Summary

On March 5, the US Department of War designated Anthropic a "supply chain risk," barring its products from defense use and, per Secretary Pete Hegseth, from any business with organizations that work with the US military. The designation followed a contract dispute over Anthropic's refusal to allow fully autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance uses of Claude, and Anthropic is challenging it in court.

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