Anthropic seeks rehearing of case over Pentagon’s security risk branding

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for the pace of development to be slowed down Anthropic asked a US appeals court on Tuesday to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Pentagon's decision to ​label the AI company as a national security supply ‌chain risk over a dispute about safety guardrails on its technology." The ​court let ⁠the Pentagon take action against Anthropic "without any pre-designation process and despite straightforward evidence the designation ​was retaliation for Anthropic's speech about AI safety," ​the ⁠company said.

The court's majority said the Pentagon acted ​reasonably after Anthropic refused to allow its AI to be used in autonomous weapons or mass surveillance, and the court rejected the firm's ​claim that it faced retaliation by the Defense Department ​over its views on AI safety.