Anthropic

HOCK LOCK SIEW

Will GIC and Temasek’s investments in blacklisted AI firm Anthropic backfire?

Not necessarily; corporate governance – not unconstrained profit – could be the new alpha generator

The Pentagon on Thursday slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic, limiting use of a technology that two sources said was being used for military operations in Iran.

Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions

The startup had refused to remove guardrails against using its AI for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance

Anthropic has insisted that its technology is not to be used for domestic mass surveillance of Americans, nor to develop or operate fully autonomous weapons systems.
THINKING ALOUD

When principle meets power: the Anthropic-Pentagon stand-off

What is the future of AI governance – especially in military and national security contexts?

The Pentagon designated Anthropic a “supply-chain risk” on Thursday, barring government contractors from using the AI firm’s technology in work for the US military.

US draws up strict AI guidelines amid Anthropic clash: report

The GSA draft mandates that contractors “must not intentionally encode partisan or ideological judgments into the AI systems data outputs”

The planned designation as a supply-chain risk means that contractors could be barred from deploying Anthropic’s AI as part of work for the Pentagon.

Trump directs US agencies to toss Anthropic’s AI as Pentagon calls startup a supply risk

Tech companies and the Pentagon have repeatedly locked horns since at least 2018

Outside investors, not Anthropic, will be buying up the insider shares.

Anthropic kicks off share sale for staffers of up to US$6 billion

Stripe and SpaceX have also allowed staffers to sell stock

Much of the selling has come on new AI tools released by companies like Anthropic, OpenAI and Alphabet.

Cyber stocks slide as Anthropic unveils Claude security tool

[CHICAGO] Shares of cybersecurity software companies tumbled Friday (Feb 20) after Anthropic introduced a new security feature into its Claude artificial intelligence model.

The message from the financial markets is that SaaS companies need to move much faster. Incumbents in other industries who think time is on their side as they figure out a response to the AI threat should also take note. The stock market’s AI reckoning, when it comes, can be swift and brutal.

The great software stock meltdown

Sell-off may be overdone, but companies need to move faster to respond to AI

Anthropic’s AI model Claude was used in the US military’s operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Axios

It is pushing AI companies to let the military use their tools in areas such as weapons development and intelligence collection