… The decision came just after Anthropic refused to comply with lifting certain AI guardrails around mass surveillance and developing fully autonomous weapons. …
… In recent months, OpenAI’s advisory council of outside experts expressed concerns about the risks of this imminent release, including the possibility of a “sexy suicide coach,” according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. …
… Anthropic’s “very narrow” red lines “do not go far enough to protect human rights or to comply with international law,” said Tech Justice Law’s Batt. “Anthropic specifically talks about mass domestic surveillance of US persons as posing grave civil liberties concerns, but the same civil liberties c… …
… In late February, staff at DeepMind and OpenAI signed an open letter in support of Anthropic, after the US Department of Defense sought to designate the lab a supply chain risk over its refusal to allow its AI to be used in autonomous weapons or for mass surveillance of US citizens. …
… "Our only concerns have been our exceptions on fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance, which relate to high-level usage areas, and not operational decision-making." Amodei also apologized for the tone of an internal memo sent to Anthropic employees, which was leaked on March 4, sho… …
… The brief also says that the red lines Anthropic claims it requested, including that its AI wouldn’t be used for mass domestic surveillance and the development of autonomous lethal weapons, are legitimate concerns and require sufficient guardrails. “In the absence of public law, the contractual and… …
… It contends that its technologies are not yet capable enough to be used for mass domestic surveillance of Americans or fully autonomous weapons. …
… AI firms comfortable with the government’s definition of “lawful use” are being rewarded: Anthropic insisting its models not be used for domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons resulted in the Pentagon walking away from it, and toward OpenAI . …
… There could be money laundering, antitrust concerns, or facilitating work in a sanctioned country. There can also be ethical concerns about copyrights or the environment . …
… Kenya drops its yearlong government probe over privacy concerns, paving the way for Orbs to come back . …