Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.

The US military wants Anthropic to drop guardrails around the classified use of Claude. Anthropic is launching a slew of new enterprise capabilities for its AI bot Claude, putting increased pressure on software companies.

The AI company, founded by people worried about the dangers of the technology, said its previous safety policy was designed to build industry standards around managing AI risks — guardrails that the industry blew through.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave the AI company Anthropic an ultimatum about the military's use of its technology, known as Claude.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei he had until the end of this week to give the military a signed document that would grant full access to its artificial intelligence model,

The Pentagon and pioneering tech company Anthropic are in a tense standoff over artificial intelligence, sources tell CBS News. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Anthropic to give the military