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@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.

https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Senate Leaders Warn Defense Department About Procuring Generic Drugs Overseas

In a letter that cited ProPublica’s reporting, Sens. Rick Scott and Kirsten Gillibrand asked the defense secretary for more information about the military’s drug supply and its reliance on foreign manufacturers.
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@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the U.S., warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.

https://www.propublica.org/article/senators-warn-hegseth-foreign-drug-manufacturers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Senate Leaders Warn Defense Department About Procuring Generic Drugs Overseas

In a letter that cited ProPublica’s reporting, Sens. Rick Scott and Kirsten Gillibrand asked the defense secretary for more information about the military’s drug supply and its reliance on foreign manufacturers.
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

"Defense Sect #PeteHegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with #Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its #AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the #DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Dept, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish"
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/189250040/hegseths-ai-ultimatum

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Headline and text from article:
Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum

by Andrew Egger

Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies?

This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro.

But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1
Headline and text from article: Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum by Andrew Egger Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies? This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1
Headline and text from article: Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum by Andrew Egger Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies? This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1

AI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong?

Pete Hegseth is trying to bully Anthropic out of objecting to “lethal autonomous weapons systems” and mass surveillance.
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

“Anthropic is trying to... put their own guardrails in place in the absence of legislation,” she added.“It should go without saying that #AI #technology should not be making potentially lethal decisions without human involvement. I fear what #America will become if the #DoD is given this unrestricted power.”

...it’s insane that such questions as “how much killing will we let the killer robots do on their own” are being hashed out as back-room handshakes"
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/189250040/hegseths-ai-ultimatum

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“Anthropic is trying to do the right thing and put their own guardrails in place in the absence of legislation,” she added. “It should go without saying that AI technology should not be making potentially lethal decisions without human involvement. I fear what America will become if the DoD is given this unrestricted power.”

Maybe that’s the biggest takeaway from this whole crazy story: While it’s nice that Anthropic is digging in their heels here, it’s insane that such questions as “how much killing will we let the killer robots do on their own” are being hashed out as back-room handshakes between the military and its AI contractors in the first place. This seems like a matter of public policy if ever there was one. Have we got a legislature or what?
Text from article: “Anthropic is trying to do the right thing and put their own guardrails in place in the absence of legislation,” she added. “It should go without saying that AI technology should not be making potentially lethal decisions without human involvement. I fear what America will become if the DoD is given this unrestricted power.” Maybe that’s the biggest takeaway from this whole crazy story: While it’s nice that Anthropic is digging in their heels here, it’s insane that such questions as “how much killing will we let the killer robots do on their own” are being hashed out as back-room handshakes between the military and its AI contractors in the first place. This seems like a matter of public policy if ever there was one. Have we got a legislature or what?
Text from article: “Anthropic is trying to do the right thing and put their own guardrails in place in the absence of legislation,” she added. “It should go without saying that AI technology should not be making potentially lethal decisions without human involvement. I fear what America will become if the DoD is given this unrestricted power.” Maybe that’s the biggest takeaway from this whole crazy story: While it’s nice that Anthropic is digging in their heels here, it’s insane that such questions as “how much killing will we let the killer robots do on their own” are being hashed out as back-room handshakes between the military and its AI contractors in the first place. This seems like a matter of public policy if ever there was one. Have we got a legislature or what?

AI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong?

Pete Hegseth is trying to bully Anthropic out of objecting to “lethal autonomous weapons systems” and mass surveillance.
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

"Defense Sect #PeteHegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with #Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its #AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the #DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Dept, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish"
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/189250040/hegseths-ai-ultimatum

#Tech #News #US #USA

Headline and text from article:
Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum

by Andrew Egger

Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies?

This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro.

But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1
Headline and text from article: Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum by Andrew Egger Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies? This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1
Headline and text from article: Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum by Andrew Egger Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies? This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1

AI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong?

Pete Hegseth is trying to bully Anthropic out of objecting to “lethal autonomous weapons systems” and mass surveillance.
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

"Defense Sect #PeteHegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with #Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its #AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the #DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Dept, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish"
https://www.thebulwark.com/i/189250040/hegseths-ai-ultimatum

#Tech #News #US #USA

Headline and text from article:
Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum

by Andrew Egger

Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies?

This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro.

But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1
Headline and text from article: Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum by Andrew Egger Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies? This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1
Headline and text from article: Hegseth’s AI Ultimatum by Andrew Egger Who gets to decide when the government AI-bots are ready to start killing people without direct human oversight—the Pentagon or the AI companies? This remarkable—some might say insane—question is at the center of a major standoff between the Defense Department and Anthropic, creator of the AI platform known as Claude. While the Pentagon has contracts with all the leading AI labs, Anthropic until this month was the only one contracted for AI use in classified settings: Claude was, for instance, reportedly involved in the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has grown unhappy with two elements of the DoD’s contract with Anthropic. One, Anthropic won’t let its AI be used to conduct mass surveillance of Americans. Two, it won’t let the DoD use it to operate autonomous weapons systems that can identify, track, and kill targets without direct human involvement. To the Defense Department, the idea that a contractor would be able to tie the military’s hands like this is outlandish; they should be permitted, they argue, to use AI they contract for “for all lawful purposes.”1

AI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong?

Pete Hegseth is trying to bully Anthropic out of objecting to “lethal autonomous weapons systems” and mass surveillance.
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@europesays@pubeurope.com  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

https://www.europesays.com/2806695/ A Timeline of the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute #Død #pentagon #PeteHegseth #SecretaryOfDefense

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https://www.europesays.com/2806695/ A Timeline of the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute #Død #pentagon #PeteHegseth #SecretaryOfDefense

A Timeline of the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute
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https://www.europesays.com/2805552/ compromise AI ethics or be banished from supply chain – Computerworld #Død #pentagon #PeteHegseth #SecretaryOfDefense

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https://www.europesays.com/2805552/ compromise AI ethics or be banished from supply chain – Computerworld #Død #pentagon #PeteHegseth #SecretaryOfDefense

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"On Feb 20, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM CMDR Gen F Donovan, Jt Task F S Spear conducted a🚨lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Orgs. Intel confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the E Pac & was engaged in narco-trafficking ops.💔3 male narco-terrorists were killed... No US MIL forces were harmed."
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