The Korea Times
MEXICO CITY—The ongoing dispute between Anthropic and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reveals something deeply troubling about the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) governance. Apparently, a private company is more concerned about ethical guardrails than the world’s most powerful military. Earlier this month, the U.S. defense department designated Anthropic a “supply-chain risk.” The unusual move followed the company’s insistence on safeguards preventing its technology from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons. In response, the Pentagon placed Anthropic on a list typically reserved for foreign entities considered national-security threats. Anthropic has since filed a lawsuit challenging the designation. Whatever one thinks of Anthropic’s motives, this episode underscores how misaligned governance frameworks have become. When the responsibility for insisting on basic ethical limits falls to private companies, the systems meant to protect the public interest from potentially dangerous technologies have clearly
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