Senate Democrats are trying to ‘codify’ Anthropic’s red lines on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

Senate Democrats are trying to ‘codify’ Anthropic’s red lines on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance is part of a larger shift in how AI assistants, agents, and automation systems are evolving in public.

Anthropic's fight with the Pentagon is expanding to Congress. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is working on a new bill to "codify" Anthropic's red lines and ensure humans make the ultimate decisions in questions of life and death, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) recently introduced a bill to limit the Defense Department's ability to use AI for mass surveillance of Americans. The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic earlier this month after it set limits on how the military could use its AI models, designating it a supply-chain risk. Anthropic has filed suit, accusing the government of violating its constitutional rights. It's insisted that the … Read the full story at The Verge.

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