Anthropic president Daniela Amodei has questioned
OpenAI’s Pentagon agreement. Speaking alongside her brother, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, she suggested the rival company may have acted opportunistically when it reached a deal after Anthropic disputed the US government's military use of AI. Her comments came during an interview with Walter Isaacson for his podcast
“The Builders,” according to an excerpt the New York Post obtained.
“Was this a really principled stand that another technology company took based on their own ethics, or was this an opportunistic moment?” Daniela said when asked about OpenAI stepping in. The criticism centers on whether OpenAI’s agreement preserved meaningful safeguards after Anthropic refused to remove restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons.
Why Anthropic refused the Pentagon’s request
The dispute began in February, when Anthropic declined to abandon those restrictions on its AI models. Pentagon officials argued that defense contractors should allow their technology for
“all lawful uses” and that private companies should not determine military operations.
US President
Donald Trump subsequently directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s products. The Pentagon also…