OpenAI signs contract with Department of Defense to take over Anthropic's work

The contract involves OpenAI taking over work previously done by Anthropic. OpenAI claimed to have ensured safeguards on surveillance and autonomous weaponry. Anthropic's CEO called OpenAI's contract 'safety theater' and claimed its safeguards 'mostly do not work' and are 'false that OpenAI’s terms meaningfully protect them against domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons'. Anthropic was labeled a security risk for refusing to change its terms of service to allow mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The Department of Defense offered to accept Anthropic's terms if a specific phrase about 'analysis of bulk acquired data' was deleted. Quotes: 'OpenAI, which has signed a contract with the DoD to takeover Anthropic's work.', 'Following the exchange, OpenAI announced that it would work with the DoD, but claimed that it had managed to ensure safeguards on surveillance and autonomous weaponry.', 'Amodei called messaging from OpenAI about its clash with the DoD "mendacious," and "an example of who they really are, and I want to make sure [everyone] sees it for what it is." He said that OpenAI's safeguards were mostly safety theatre, and "mostly do not work." He added that it was "false that OpenAI’s terms meaningfully protect them against domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons."', 'Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei hit out against the Trump Administration after the company was labeled a security risk for refusing to change its terms of service to allow mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.', 'Near the end of the negotiation the DoW offered to accept our current terms if we deleted a specific phrase about 'analysis of bulk acquired data,' which was the single line in the contract that exactly matched this scenario we were most worried about.'