autonomous-weapons

Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurra…, Jan 29): "The Pentagon and Anthropic disagree over having Claude potentially operate autonomous weapons systems and conduct domestic surveillance." [Embedded article text, Reuters]: "WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Pentagon and artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic are at odds over potentially eliminating safeguards that might allow the government to use its technology to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S. domestic surveillance, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The discussions represent an early test case for whether Silicon Valley – in Washington's good graces after years of tensions – can sway how U.S. military and intelligence personnel deploy increasingly powerful AI on the battlefield."