Steve Bannon sides with Anthropic in fight with Pentagon: ‘It’s almost too dangerous’

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon said he believes artificial intelligence company Anthropic “had it right” in demanding its technology not be used in fully autonomous lethal weapons, setting off a fight with the Pentagon. 

The Pentagon has insisted it be allowed to use Anthropic’s Claude for “all lawful uses” and last month labeled the company as a supply chain risk — typically reserved for foreign adversaries — after negotiations over safety guardrails fell apart.

“I think Anthropic had it right,” Bannon said Thursday at the Semafor World Economy conference. 

“It’s very, very complicated. I really respect [Defense Secretary] Pete Hegseth … but I think in this situation, right, it’s almost too dangerous,”........

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