Washington DC [US], February 27 (ANI): US-based artificial intelligence company Anthropic said it has cut off access to its AI model Claude for firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), forgoing several hundred million dollars in revenue to protect America’s technological lead.
In a statement, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the company blocked Claude usage by entities connected to the CCP, including some designated by the US Department of War as Chinese Military Companies, and shut down CCP-sponsored cyberattacks that tried to misuse the system. Anthropic also said it has pushed for strict export controls on advanced chips to help maintain a democratic advantage in AI.
“Anthropic has acted to defend America’s lead in AI, even when it is against the company’s short-term interest. We chose to forgo several hundred million dollars in revenue to cut off the use of Claude by firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party (some of whom have been designated by the Department of War as Chinese Military Companies), shut down CCP-sponsored cyberattacks that attempted to abuse Claude, and have advocated for strong export controls on chips to ensure a democratic advantage,” the company said.
Anthropic said it has worked proactively with the US Department of War and the intelligence community, deploying its models within classified government networks and at National Laboratories. According to the statement, Claude is used across national security agencies for intelligence analysis, modelling and simulation, operational planning, and cyber operations.
The company reiterated that it will not support certain applications of AI, including mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, citing democratic values and concerns about the current reliability of frontier AI systems.
Amodei added that despite pressure from the Department of War to agree to “any lawful use” of its technology and remove specific safeguards, Anthropic would not comply. The company said the Department threatened to remove it from systems, label it a “supply chain risk”—a designation usually reserved for US adversaries—and invoke the Defense Production Act to force removal of safeguards. Anthropic called those threats contradictory but said they would not change its stance.
Anthropic said it remains ready to support US national security efforts while keeping what it described as necessary guardrails on AI deployment. (ANI)
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