In Anthropic Feuds, the Personal Collides With the Political

There are fierce battles over principles, and then there are grudge matches. In recent days, Anthropic has engaged in an extraordinary mix of both. For over a week, the AI startup and its CEO, Dario Amodei, have been locked in an intense struggle with the Pentagon over Anthropic’s refusal to let the military use its technology for domestic surveillance and to control autonomous weapons systems. The Pentagon on Wednesday took the unusual step of designating Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” which will cut it off from military uses of its technology.