Hegseth Rejects AI Targeting Claims and Criticizes Anthropic CEO
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US does not let artificial intelligence make lethal targeting decisions and rejected claims that AI is handling Pentagon targeting without a human in the loop, dismissing that assertion as “a classic Anthropic talking point.”
He also criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, calling him an “ideological lunatic” after a recent spat over military use of the company’s chatbot.
From the sources (10 posts)
@disclosetvNOW - War Secretary Hegseth says that "suggestions" AI is running military targeting at the Pentagon is "a classic Anthropic talking-point."
@polymarketJUST IN: Hegseth rejects claims AI is handling Pentagon targeting without a human-in-the-loop, calling them “a classic Anthropic talking point.”
@financialjuiceUS Secretary of War Hegseth: Anthropic is run by “an ideological lunatic".
@zerohedge*HEGSETH SAYS ANTHROPIC IS RUN BY `AN IDEOLOGICAL LUNATIC'
@zerohedge*HEGSETH SAYS AI IS NOT MAKING LETHAL DECISIONS
@financialjuiceUS Secretary of War Hegseth: AI is not making lethal decisions.
@firstsquawkUS SECRETARY OF WAR HEGSETH: AI IS NOT MAKING LETHAL DECISIONS, ADDING THAT ANTHROPIC IS LED BY "AN IDEOLOGICAL LUNATIC."
@newswire_usHegseth: "Anthropic is run by an ideological lunatic"
@businessDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US doesn’t let AI make lethal targeting decisions even as he called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an “ideological lunatic” after a recent spat over military use of the company’s chatbot
@polymarketNEW: Sec. War Pete Hegseth calls Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an "ideological lunatic" who should not be involved in classified decision-making.