New Delhi: US-based AI company Anthropic has come under scrutiny after reports suggested the Pentagon (now called the Department of War) is reportedly considering discontinuing the use of its AI models. The move reportedly stems from disagreements over the company’s stance on placing limitations on how its artificial intelligence technology can be deployed by the US military.
Anthropic is led by co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei. The company’s AI model Claude was reportedly used in the US military’s operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (through its partnership with AI software firm Palantir), as per a Wall Street Journal report.
Now, the Pentagon is reportedly “considering ending its relationship with artificial intelligence company Anthropic”, reports Axios, citing an administration official.
“Everything’s on the table, including dialling back the partnership with Anthropic or severing it entirely,” the official was quoted as saying.
An Anthropic spokesperson said it remains “committed to using frontier AI in support of U.S. national security.”
However, it would be difficult for the US military to immediately replace Claude, because “the other model companies are just behind”.
Anthropic signed a contract valued up to $200 million with the Pentagon last year.
According to reports, the Pentagon is pushing four AI companies to let the military use their tools for “all lawful purposes”. The other companies are OpenAI, Google and Musk’s xAI.
Claude is a next generation AI assistant built by Anthropic and trained to be safe, accurate, and secure.
Meanwhile, concerns over software stocks globally impacted Indian IT stocks as Anthropic expanded its enterprise AI assistant with a new automation layer designed to handle complete business workflows. Investors’ caution about artificial intelligence replacing significant portions of the software business resulted in a massive sell-off now known as the “SaaSpocalypse.”
The new AI assistant could automate legal document reviews, compliance checks, sales planning, marketing campaign analysis, financial reconciliation, data visualisation, SQL‑based reporting, and enterprise‑wide document search, the reports said.
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