If last Friday ended for Anthropic only threats Following a request from representatives of the US military department to be blacklisted, preventing the company from applying for government contracts, the AI startup was officially assigned this status by the end of this work week.
As explains Bloomberg Citing representatives from the US Department of War, Anthropic's management received the corresponding notification only yesterday. The agency determined that the company and its products pose a risk to supply chains associated with government contracts and projects. This determination is effective immediately, according to the source. The caveat, as Bloomberg adds, is that Anthropic's solutions are technically still being actively used by the Pentagon during the Iranian operation. The existing procedure provides for a six-month transition period during which US military agencies and their contractors must transition from using Anthropic's solutions to alternatives.
It was previously noted that Anthropic intends to challenge this determination in court. Moreover, the company is making attempts resume Negotiations with Pentagon officials are underway to return everything to normal. It's unclear, however, how the US Department of War's collaboration with its competitor, OpenAI, will develop. OpenAI, literally hours after Anthropic's withdrawal from the government contract, attempted to take its place, hastily renegotiating its terms of service with the Pentagon this week.
Pentagon officials noted that they are guided by the principle that the US military has the right to use technology for all lawful purposes. The agency does not intend to allow any company to interfere with the chain of command and restrict the legitimate use of such technologies, potentially putting service members at risk. According to Bloomberg, Anthropic's Claude AI model has been integrated into the Maven command and control system developed by Palantir Technologies for the Pentagon and is now being actively used in combat operations against Iran. While a potential dispute with the US military could lead to a reduction in Anthropic's revenue from government contracts, in the short term, demand for the company's solutions is growing among ordinary users, who are switching to them out of solidarity with the startup's ethical stance.
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