The Download: how AI is used for military targeting, and the Pentagon’s war on Claude

The Download: how AI is used for military targeting, and the Pentagon’s war on Claude

“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”  —OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes a new pitch to investors at a BlackRock event, Gizmodo reports.  One More Thing  How the Ukraine-Russia war is reshaping the tech sector in Eastern Europe  Latvia’s annual national defense…

Firm says it cannot comply with Pentagon’s request for unfettered AI model use

Firm says it cannot comply with Pentagon’s request for unfettered AI model use

US-based startup Anthropic has indicated that it cannot allow its artificial intelligence technology to be used without restrictions, as the Defense Department has demanded. The Pentagon has been signing contracts with generative AI developers and others. It apparently wants to have an advantage over other nations, such as China, when it comes to the military…