Steve HermanFeb 26
Anthropic draws a line in the sand — stating it won’t allow DoD to use its AI technology for mass domestic surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons. https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war
Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

Show threadBogdan BuduroiuFeb 27

@newsguyusa

> But today, frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons.

So not today, but nothing stops Anthropic from making fully autonomous weapons once they've gathered enough "training data"

> But using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values.

Neither denounces partially autonomous mass surveillance nor closes the door on AI-driven foreign mass surveillance

This isn't the win people think it is, it's more American exceptionalism at the expense of the Global South.

Fuck Anthropic

Show threadKynx

@budududuroiu @newsguyusa yeah totally fuck Anthropic.

But in a “normal” world discussions between the gov’t and their military contractors do not make the news. I’d love to see a blowup like this in the UK, where Palantir have got our (Labour!) government hooked on the Koolaid.

BTW - wasn’t this public before the Anthropic PR? Where did the initial report come from?

Feb 27 at 1:29amWeb
Show threadBogdan BuduroiuFeb 27

@Kynx @newsguyusa that's true, from what I heard online (and also personally believe), Anthropic is very ideologically motivated.

I think with the UK it's quite different because of how captured the entire state is by the US. I made this point a couple days ago about how Whitehall is effectively captured by Wall Street.

Show threadKynxFeb 27

@budududuroiu @newsguyusa yeah that’s where I first read it: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135

It’s been rumbling away for a bit.

‘Incoherent’: Hegseth’s Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymakers 

Tech lawyers and AI policymakers warn that the Pentagon’s plans to compel Anthropic to abandon its ethical red lines are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley.

Politico