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Podcast: BroBots: Technology, Health & Being a Better Human
Episode: When AI Becomes a Weapon: The Government Deal Anthropic Refused
Description: The US government asked Anthropic — the company behind Claude, one of the most capable AI coding systems on the market — to help build autonomous weapons and a mass surveillance infrastructure. Anthropic said no. That refusal, which happened the same week the US launched strikes on Iran, is either the most principled corporate decision in recent AI history or the beginning of a very ugly fight over who controls the most powerful tools ever built. Jeremy and Jason break down what the government actually asked for, why Anthropic refused, what Open AI and Elon Musk did inst...