America Used Anthropic's AI for Its Attack On Iran, One Day After Banning It (engadget.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/01/1945208/america-used-anthropics-ai-for-its-attack-on-iran-one-day-after-banning-it
- Source link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-us-reportedly-used-anthropics-ai-for-its-attack-on-iran-just-after-banning-it-172908929.html?src=rss
> In a lengthy post on Truth Social on February 27, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to "immediately [2]cease all use of Anthropic's technology " following [3]strong [4]disagreements between the Department of Defense and the AI company. A few hours later, the U.S. conducted a major air attack on Iran with the help of Anthropic's AI tools, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal .
Even Trump's post noted there would be a six-month phase-out for Anthropic's technology (adding that Anthropic "better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.")
Anthropic's Claude technology was also used by the U.S. military less than two months ago in its operation in Venezuela — reportedly making them the [5]first AI developer known to be used in a classified U.S. War Department operation . The Wall Street Journal reported Anthropic's technology found its way into the mission [6]through Anthropic's contract with Palintir .
[1] https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-us-reportedly-used-anthropics-ai-for-its-attack-on-iran-just-after-banning-it-172908929.html
[2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/27/2138211/trump-orders-federal-agencies-to-stop-using-anthropic-ai-tech-immediately
[3] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/26/2352217/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-company-cannot-in-good-conscience-accede-to-pentagon
[4] https://www.engadget.com/ai/trump-orders-federal-agencies-to-drop-anthropic-services-amid-pentagon-feud-222029306.html
[5] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/14/us-military-anthropic-ai-model-claude-venezuela-raid
[6] https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-used-anthropics-claude-in-maduro-venezuela-raid-583aff17
Takes a while to ban software (Score:2)
I work there. It takes a long time to remove a piece of software from all the systems that use it.
Approval for classified data (Score:3)
I recall someone stated that Anthropic was the only AI technology company then approved for classified data. That does not say that other AI companies have not received, or can not receive, those approvals, but that evaluation process takes time, and swapping out to another technology, is not going to happen quickly.
Re:Approval for classified data (Score:5, Insightful)
> I recall someone stated that Anthropic was the only AI technology company then approved for classified data. That does not say that other AI companies have not received, or can not receive, those approvals, but that evaluation process takes time, and swapping out to another technology, is not going to happen quickly.
Quit pretending this current administration does anything except follow the whims of the sitting president and his handlers - all of whom couldn't care less about doing things correctly or even intelligently. Trump will give access to classified data to whatever bozo (or group of bozos) suits his addled fancy at any given point in time.
Heck, he's given classified information to foreign agents at social gatherings.
Re:Approval for classified data (Score:4, Interesting)
Elon and his cronies already siphoned off all the classified data with impunity.
Would you like to play a game? (Score:1)
The game is called Find the Old Man. All you have to do is find where the Old Man is hiding. Here is what we know about the Old Man...
Land of the free? (Score:2)
> better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.
Sounds more like China or Russia to me...
House of cards (Score:5, Interesting)
NvIdia has over 10B in Anthropic.
Microsoft has over 5B
Amazon has over 8B
If Anthropic is deemed a "supply chain risk", then all of these companies will be legally forced to divest. Their investments will get pennies on the dollar in the fire sale.
And they are the tip of the iceberg.
Re: (Score:2)
The "supply chain risk" designation is scoped solely within the confines of the Pentagon (in this case) and its contractor agreements. It does NOT mean that all suppliers are forever forbidden from conducting private business with said risk for private client contracts disconnected from the long tentacles of the Pentagon.
Also, with Trump effectively removing Anthropic from being utilized, that would negate any prospective risk due to it no longer being a qualified component to fulfill any government cont
Re: Deep State Ownership of Slashdot? (Score:1)
Let's just hope Trump doesnt pull his next punch like he did in Venezuala. He needs to finish the job, not recall the forces just because he nailed the geriatric psychopath in charge.
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It worked so well last time [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Let's try it again. Surely the results will be better!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat
Re: Deep State Ownership of Slashdot? (Score:5, Interesting)
Finish what job? He hasn't got a job in mind other than a showing off the US military, getting attention and distracting from the Epstein files.
There's no plan. It might turn out better, but then again, it might turn out worse. Hey remember when America and the UK toppled the Iranian government and installed the Shah who then got replaced with someone even worse?
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"Finish the job"?
What western power has ever been able to "finish the job" when trying to topple a regime? You can't just barge into the china shop, break every plate in the place, then say "job finished, please build your democracy now, and you're welcome!". That's a job that has no finish.
Trump is already calling for a ceasefire (Score:2)
To his own fucking illegal elective War. I suspect because Congress is going to force a vote and take away his War Powers so it's not like he has any choice.
The damage is done though. The goal wasn't to get regime change just yet or to get his cronies in charge of Iran's oil yet.
The goal is to provoke a counter-attack from Iran that kills a lot of americans. Ideally something on the scale of 9/11.
There are two things Trump has always craved.
The first is a Nobel Peace prize because Obama got i
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Fetterman suffered a debilitating stroke and then proudly proclaimed he can see clearly and became a republican. [1]https://newrepublic.com/post/1... [newrepublic.com]
[1] https://newrepublic.com/post/182504/john-fetterman-abandon-progressives-bill-maher
"uses" tool (Score:2)
There is no real clue as to what that "use" is.
The military "uses" Windows and "uses" Linux as operating systems. Yeah, they have computers. They run software. Is this expected? Kinda. I'll bet they use Adobe Acrobat too for all of their PDF documents.
What were the "uses" of the AI tool? Did it summarize a document that someone typed? Was it filling out fluffy bullshit in a work email about what someone had for lunch? Or did the AI generate a war plan? These are vastly different realms.
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+1, the story doesn't mean anything without that information. Another realistic possibility that comes to mind is translation.
Killer features (Score:2)
Well that phrase means something different now....
Can't shake hands with the Devil... (Score:2)
And say you're only kidding.
Anthropic's technology found its way into the mission through Anthropic's contract with Palintir.
Pathetic pettiness (Score:2)
NYT has an article about what went down with the Anthropic and OpenAI negotiations. It was all about petty personal grievances by the Dept of Defense negotiator. Acting like three year olds has become standard operating procedure for this administration.
U.S. War Department? (Score:3)
Bullshit! It is the Department of Defense and no amount name changing by those intellectual teenagers in the alleged administration or Private Bonespurs changes that. It requires an act of Congress.
Re:U.S. War Department? (Score:4, Insightful)
Why don't you do the slightest bit of research before posting. Yes it absolutely does require an act of Congress to rename the Department of Defense officially and legally. He signed an executive order allowing a couple secondary names to be used in public communications, he is pretending to rename it by dead-naming its official name and giving the department a nickname.
Re: U.S. War Department? (Score:1)
You're being sarcastic but that is literally how the system was designed. Your tone makes you seem ignorant of this fact.
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People like yourself are a shame to our democratic party. We don't stand a chance to win an election again until we kick all crazy people such as yourself out of our party like they did in Canada to win the election again instead of losing it to the conservative like it happened in the US thanks to people like you.
I mean a bunch of people like yourself protested in the streets of New York against the US strikes while Iranians are celebrating all over the world:
Look here:
[1]https://abc3340.com/news/natio... [abc3340.com]
And
[1] https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/persian-crowds-celebrate-nationwide-after-us-israel-strikes-on-iran-president-donald-trump-prime-minister-netanyahu-bibi-supreme-leader-khamenei-white-house-dc-los-angeles
Re: U.S. War Department? (Score:1)
bUt aMeRiCa wAs aLwAyS sOcIaLiSt!!!
Re: U.S. War Department? (Score:2)
There's just no making some people happy. I'd think you'd praise the renaming as a moment of clarity / truth in advertising. When is the last time the DoD worked in a purely defensive capacity? Never? It was a highly optimistic name from the start.
Besides, it was the War Office / War Department up to the end of WWII. If anything the renaming was returning it to its roots.
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While I agree it's the correct name, I believe the authorizing legislation specifies a different name.
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LOL
I voted for this.