Today on the AI Daily Brief, the open qualification of AI, and before that in the headlines,

the fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon heats up. The AI Daily Brief is a daily podcast and video about the most important news and discussions in AI.

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The Pentagon has handed Anthropic an ultimatum in what could be the most crucial battle for AI safety to date. Now, heading into this week, we had building reports that Anthropics contract with the Department of Defense, or the DOW, depending on who you ask, was in jeopardy over AI readiness.

Anthropic was insisting that their technology should not be used to power autonomous weaponry or for

the surveillance of Americans. At certain points in the reporting, it seemed like Anthropic

had contracted on the basis that their technology would not be used to assist in any lethal exchange.

The Pentagon, on the other hand, was insisting that tech companies

should not have input on how technology is used in military operations. They have been pushing

for each AI lab to provide their models with terms that allow, quote, all lawful use,

basically establishing the position that only U.S. law rather than tech company policy

should be the limiting factor in the conduct of war. The conflict had, of course,

erupted after reports that Anthropics' AI models had been used during the raid that captured

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