Why did Anthropic refuse to participate in the Pentagon's use cases for Claude?
Replied byDario Amodei
Co-founders (CEO & President) at Anthropic
Niche: AI
Revenue: Approx. $390 Million/month
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Started: 2021
We believe we must defend our country, but it is not worth defending if we violate our core values. The Pentagon requested two use cases we were uncomfortable with: fully autonomous drone armies and domestic mass surveillance. Because we refused, we could not agree on the contract.
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