"We are speaking out today because the Pentagon is demanding that Anthropic abandon two major safety guardrails for Claude, which is the only frontier AI model currently deployed in classified Department of War operations. We are writing to urge our own companies to also refuse to comply should they or the frontier labs they invest in enter into further contracts with the Pentagon."
"The Pentagon had previously agreed to uphold both guardrails when it entered a contract worth up to $200 million to license Claude for classified use in July of 2025. But following a series of back-and-forth meetings, including discussion of using the company's AI in a nuclear strike scenario, the Pentagon ordered Anthropic to allow unfettered access to Claude or face its wrath."
"If any tech company caves to the Pentagon's demands, War Secretary Pete Hegseth will have won the ability to surveil our communities - here and abroad - en masse, at an unprecedented level. He will have the power to build and deploy AI-"
The Pentagon has demanded that Anthropic remove two critical safety guardrails from Claude, its AI system: one preventing mass domestic surveillance and another prohibiting autonomous weapons without human operators. Anthropic previously agreed to maintain these guardrails under a $200 million contract signed in July 2025. Labor coalitions from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have formally requested their employers refuse similar Pentagon demands. The workers warn that compliance would enable unprecedented surveillance capabilities and autonomous weapons deployment. The Pentagon may pursue alternative AI models if Anthropic resists, potentially circumventing safety protections across the industry.
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