Leading AI firm Anthropic drew two red lines on their work with the newly renamed US ‘Department of War’: No mass surveillance of Americans, and no autonomous weapons. USA Secretary of Defense Pete Hesgeth threatened to declare Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’ (basically, an enemy of the state) unless they erased those red lines by 5.01pm on Friday 27 February. Anthropic held fast – and that’s changed the politics of AI. Plus: Let the app know you’re not dead!
Produced with Ampel.