The Pentagon brands Anthropic’s CEO a ‘liar’ with a ‘God-complex’ as deadline looms over AI use in weapons and surveillance

AI company Anthropic said it could not accept the Pentagon’s “best and final” offer to resolve a dispute over restrictions the company has in place on how the U.S. military can use its AI models. With just hours left before a Friday deadline to comply with the Pentagon’s demands or face actions that could see Anthropic barred from doing business with any company that also does business with the U.S. military, the dispute turned increasingly ugly.

Pentagon officials have publicly questioned...