Pentagon vs Anthropic continues: Under Secretary of War Emil Michael ‘repeats’ Anthropic is lying; shares words CEO Daroi Amodei had problems with
The dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic shows no sign of slowing down. Recently, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Trump’s decision to label the company as a national security threat ‘retaliatory and punitive’. Now, Under Secretary of War Emil Michael has denied an Atlantic report which said that the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic’s AI for surveilling Americans. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Michael alleged that the Anthropic CEO is “lying” and wants to make new “really stupid” laws. This is the second instance when Emil Michael has accused Dario Amodei of lying. Hours after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote a 800 word blog post last week, Michael said that Anthropic is lying and that the Pentagon does not engage in spying.In the latest post, Under Secretary of War Emil Michael claims that the AI company wanted “the word “pursuant” versus “consistent with” and wanted to delete ALL APPLICABLE LAWS which was less protective of Americans”. “He didn’t like “as appropriate.” He would prefer “inappropriate”?”, the under secretary of war wrote in the post. a
Anthropic CEO wants to play God: Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
Sharing the post, Emil Michael said:As usual, more lies from @DarioAmodei. @AnthropicAI wanted language that would prevent all @DeptofWar employees from doing a LinkedIn search! Then, they wanted to stop DoW from using any *PUBLIC* database that would enable us to, eg., recruit military services members or hire new employees. When I called to discuss cutting off @DeptofWar from using publicly available information would hurt our military readiness, @DarioAmodei didn’t have the courage to answer. Then put out another lie that no one from @DeptofWar reached out in Anthropic’s post a few hours later. He wants to play God and make new ‘law’ and…really stupid laws at that. We agreed, IN WRITING, to act according to the “National Security Act of 1947 and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.” They wanted the word “pursuant” versus “consistent with” and wanted to delete ALL APPLICABLE LAWS which was less protective of Americans (can’t make this up!) We never asked for guardrails to be taken out (lie!). We agreed to human oversight of all weapons systems by saying “The Department of War will use the AI system for all lawful use cases, in accordance, with applicable U.S. law and Department of War directives, including those governing kinetic operations and DoD Directive 30000.09…The Department AFFRIMS that it will ensure appropriate human oversight is in place and that it will monitor and retain the ability to override or disable the AI system…as appropriate.” He didn’t like “as appropriate.” He would prefer “inappropriate”? I even agreed to take that out. He knows it, his investors, customers and employees should know about his lies. Risking the safety and security of our country and our troops are a marketing vehicle for him. Make @DarioAmodei testify UNDER OATH on why he is lying and trying to bring shame on our great military! He would rather violate the chain of command and substitute his own policies (or those of the Anthropic Constitution and the Anthropic Soul) to recruit researchers and get some downloads all while we are in the midst of a battle.
