AI Employees Back Anthropic in Lawsuit Against Defense Department

AI Employees Back Anthropic in Lawsuit Against Defense Department

Source: POLITICO

Summary

Over 30 employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind have signed a statement in support of Anthropic’s lawsuit against the US Defense Department. The lawsuit was filed after the agency labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk. The statement was included in recent court filings.


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The announcement sounds ambitious.

Anthropic is suing the Defense Department over a supply-chain risk label. OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees are backing the lawsuit. Because what’s a little national security risk when there are AI models to train? The support from rival AI firms is a rare display of unity in the industry. Anthropic’s lawsuit claims the label is unfair and will harm its business.


Author: Evan Null