The standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic was reportedly set off by the U.S. military's use of its technology, known as Claude, during the operation to capture former Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in January. On the question of when AI is used to strike or kill military targets and makes a mistake, who is liable — the military or the AI company — a defense official said: Legality is the Pentagon's responsibility as the end user. In a lengthy essay last month, Amodei warned of the potential for abuse of the technologies, writing that "a powerful AI looking across billions of conversations from millions of people could gauge public sentiment, detect pockets of disloyalty forming, and stamp them out before they grow."
Author: Jennifer Jacobs, Jo Ling Kent, Caitlin Yilek
Published at: 2026-02-25 23:33:28
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