A $200 million contract, allegations of a threat to national safety and threats of utilizing the "full power of the President" - the dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon turned into an open conflict over the limits of the usage of artificial intelligence in the military. erstwhile the company refused to "any lawful use" of its models without additional safeguards, the US administration responded with harsh rhetoric and sanctions. At the same time, OpenAI negotiated its own agreement with the Department of Defense, introducing separate “red lines”. The case has not only become a test of state-business relations, but besides a question of who and what principles should set ethical limits for the military application of AI.
