"In a statement published Thursday night, Amodei said Anthropic would not accommodate the Department of Defense's request to remove the safeguards on its AI model because, in a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values":
https://reason.com/2026/02/27/anthropic-ceo-refuses-pentagon-demands-to-remove-safeguards-on-military-ai/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reason_brand&utm_content=autoshare&utm_term=post #Trump #extremism.
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Anthropic CEO refuses Pentagon demands to remove safeguards on military AI
Dario Amodei penned a public letter explaining the danger of the Defense Department's request to remove certain constraints from Claude, and refusing them outright.
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DEFIANCE.org"(Sen.) Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth. Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders":
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Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth
Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders.
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SCARY: Trump Knows What He's Doing | Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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On Data and Democracy (Mid-Year Roundup): Charting the Assault on American Democracy and A Path Forward
A narrative of a democracy in the balance, told through 29 data visualizations.
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