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The showdown between the Department of War and Anthropic ended on a positive note for OpenAI as the ChatGPT-maker secured a contract with the Pentagon to deploy technology on the department’s classified network. As the dust settles on one of the most dramatic confrontations, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has turned his attention to the tech…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has now pushed back against the criticism of his company’s deal with the US Department of War. Altman insisted that the agreement includes stronger safety guardrails than those Anthropic refused to accept before being backlisted. In a blog post published on Saturday (February 28), OpenAI shared excerpts of its contract language,…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly told his employees that rival Anthropic was ‘overreacting’ in its dispute with the US Department of War. A report cited an internal memo sent by Altman to his employees to make this claim. The memo was reportedly sent just hours before OpenAI finalised a deal with the Pentagon to deploy…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued a firm rejection of Pentagon pressure to loosen safeguards on its frontier AI model, Claude. In a strongly worded blog post, Amodei said there are two demands his company will not accept ‘under any circumstances’ even if it means losing government contracts. “We cannot in…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman secured a Pentagon deal for classified AI deployment, mirroring Anthropic’s rejected safety terms. While Anthropic faces a “supply-chain risk” label and presidential ire, OpenAI integrated safeguards like human oversight and restricted surveillance into its agreement. This strategic move positions OpenAI favorably, especially with its new Amazon cloud partnership, despite Anthropic’s legal challenge….
Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic said on Friday (local time) that it will challenge Pentagon’s decision to classify the company as a supply-chain risk in court, according to a Reuters report. This comes hours after US President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to stop using the firm’s technology. Trump had ordered every federal department to “immediately”…
The standoff between the Pentagon and AI company Anthropic has now has a new party – the US Congress. Senators from both sides of the aisle are reportedly calling on the Department of War to withdraw its Friday 5pm ultimatum against Anthropic, arguing that the decision of this magnitude cannot be made without legislative oversight,…
It is almost ‘full-blown’ war between Anthropic and Pentagon now. Just hours after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote a 800 word blog post saying what almost means that the company will not agree to what Pentagon is saying, Under Secretary of War Emil Michael fired back at the company. In a post on X, formerly…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Anthropic CEo Dario Amodei has now published an 800-word note declaring that the AI giant will not remove safeguards on its frontier AI model, Claude, even under the pressure from the US Defence Department. “We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” Amodei wrote. He also warned that the demand…
The US Defense Department has now given AI giant Anthropic the time of until Friday (February 27) in order to loosen restrictions on how its models can be used, or risk losing its $200 million government contract. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that of the company refuses, it could be labelled a “supply chain…
