AI Firm Slaps Pentagon’s Demands: ‘No Big Brother or Killer Robots, Thanks’
KEY POINTS
- •Anthropic refused the Pentagon’s last-minute demand for unrestricted AI access less than 24 hours before a deadline.
- •Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to renegotiate all AI lab contracts for military use, contrary to Anthropic’s limits.
- •Anthropic stands firm against mass domestic surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons without human control.
Just hours before a Pentagon-issued ultimatum deadline, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei confidently told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, 'No dice.' The request? Full access to Anthropic’s AI, including handing over keys to mass surveil Americans and authorize lethal autonomous robots. Anthropic’s firm red lines: no mass surveillance and absolutely no robot deathbots operating without human babysitters. This dramatic standoff capped a blur of Tweets, press statements, and behind-the-scenes tug-of-war, with the Pentagon apparently hoping to turn AI labs into obedient tech toys. Meanwhile, Amodei’s visionary stance dares to challenge the military-industrial complex’s appetite for robot soldiers and Orwellian all-seeing eyes — cheers to AI ethics knocking on the Pentagon's door, and hilariously refusing to come in.
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Anthropic just gave the Pentagon a polite 'no thanks' on robot death squads and Big Brother spying, proving AI ethics might actually have a backbone.
The Pentagon wanted AI open season but got an ethical AI firm saying, 'No self-driving death bots on my watch.' Plot twist!
AI labs tell Pentagon: 'Surely you can’t be serious... about clicking ‘enable mass surveillance’ and ‘goodbye humans’?'
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/26/2026 | Author: Hayden Field
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