Pentagon tech chief says he clashed with Anthropic over autonomous weapons

By MATT O’BRIEN A senior Pentagon official said Anthropic's dispute with the US government over the use of its artificial intelligence technology in fully autonomous weapons arose after a debate over how AI could be used in the future Golden Dome missile defense program, which aims to put US weapons in space. Undersecretary of Defense Emil Michael, the Pentagon's chief technology officer, said he came to view the AI ​​company's ethical restrictions on the use of its Claude chatbot as an irrational obstacle as the U.S. military seeks to give greater autonomy to swarms of armed drones, underwate

By MATT O’BRIEN A senior Pentagon official said Anthropic's dispute with the US government over the use of its artificial intelligence technology in fully autonomous weapons arose after a debate over how AI could be used in the future Golden Dome missile defense program, which aims to put US weapons in space. Undersecretary of Defense Emil Michael, the Pentagon's chief technology officer, said he came to view the AI ​​company's ethical restrictions on the use of its Claude chatbot as an irrational obstacle as the U.S. military seeks to give greater autonomy to swarms of armed drones, underwate