Peter GleickFeb 25

So Skynet is real and the movie War Games was a documentary?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

New Scientist
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@petergleick In other news, Hegseth is threatening to invoke the defense production act on Anthropic if they don't remove restrictions on how the military uses its AI.

"At the heart of the fight is how A.I. will be used in future battlefields. Anthropic told defense officials that it did not want its A.I. used for mass surveillance of Americans or deployed in autonomous weapons that had no humans in the loop, two people involved in the discussions said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/technology/defense-department-anthropic-ai-safety.html

Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety

How artificial intelligence will be used in future battlefields is an issue that has turned increasingly political and may put Anthropic in a bind.

The New York Times
Feb 25 at 7:55pmWeb