No chance of renewed Anthropic negotiations: Pentagon CTO

Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael on Thursday ruled out negotiations with Anthropic after the agency labeled the AI lab a supply-chain risk in a dispute over restrictions on how the US military can ‌use its technology.

"There's ⁠no ⁠chance. The (Anthropic) leadership has proven, through the leaking and through sort ​of bad faith negotiation that they don't want to reach an ​agreement," Michael said in an interview with CNBC.

Anthropic did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.


Last ​week, the U.S. Department of ⁠Defense labeled ‌Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a move ​that effectively ​bans its technology from military use and ⁠bars government contractors from deploying it in work ​for the US armed forces.

Anthropic sued the ​Trump administration on Monday, calling the government's actions unlawful, and said the move will put hundreds of millions of dollars worth of revenue in jeopardy.

The dispute is notable in part because Anthropic aggressively ‌courted the U.S. national security apparatus before most other AI companies.

CEO Dario Amodei has ​said he ​is not opposed ⁠to AI-driven weapons, but believes the current generation of AI technology isn't good enough to be accurate.

Reuters has reported ​that Anthropic's investors were racing to contain the damage caused by the fallout with the Pentagon. A group, including OpenAI and some of these investors, expressed concern over the government's move.