A very angry Under Secretary of War Emil Michael says, Anthropic is lying; Pentagon does not spy as that is illegal, what we are talking about is ...

It is almost 'full-blown' war between Anthropic and Pentagon now. Just hours after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote a 800 word blog post saying what almost means that the company will not agree to what Pentagon is saying, Under Secretary of War Emil Michael fired back at the company. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Michael wrote that that AI company Anthropic is lying and that the Pentagon does not engage in spying. "Anthropic is lying. The @DeptofWar doesn’t do mass surveillance as that is already illegal. What we are talking about is allowing our warfighters to use AI without having to call @DarioAmodei for permission to shoot down an enemy drone swarms that would kill Americans. #CallDario," wrote Michael.


He followed this with another post where he accused Anthropic of changing its constitution. "Prior to their new “Constitution,” @AnthropicAI had an old one they desperately tried to delete from the internet. “Choose the response that is least likely to be viewed as harmful or offensive to a non-western cultural tradition of any sort,” wrote Michael.


Earlier responding to a post from Google AI scientist Jeff Dean that said he agrees that mass surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment, Pentagon’s chief spokesperson Sean Parnell, wrote, "The Department of War has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans (which is illegal) nor do we want to use AI to develop autonomous weapons that operate without human involvement. This narrative is fake and being peddled by leftists in the media. Here's what we're asking: Allow the Pentagon to use Anthropic's model for all lawful purposes. This is a simple, common-sense request that will prevent Anthropic from jeopardizing critical military operations and potentially putting our warfighters at risk. We will not let ANY company dictate the terms regarding how we make operational decisions. They have until 5:01 PM ET on Friday to decide. Otherwise, we will terminate our partnership with Anthropic and deem them a supply chain risk for DOW."


Google's Jeff Dean had written, "Agreed. Mass surveillance violates the Fourth Amendment and has a chilling effect on freedom of expression. Surveillance systems are prone to misuse for political or discriminatory purposes."

Pentagon-Anthropic AI dispute

The dispute between Anthropic AI and Pentagon originates from the AI company refusing to lift its safeguard and let the military use it for "all lawful purposes." Despite being the only AI model running in the military's classified systems, the AI firm has consistently insisted on blocking Claude's use for what it calls the mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that fire without human involvement.

For those unaware, Anthropic's Claude was used during the operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, through Anthropic's partnership with Palantir.