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Anthropic dispute highlights gaps in Pentagon AI oversight

Congress has not enacted legislation specifically governing the DOD's use of frontier AI models or their reliability in autonomous weapons. Amid the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic, President Trump in February directed federal agencies to stop using its technology and Defense Secretary Hegseth ordered it excluded from the supply chain; on Sept. 25 a D.C. Circuit panel upheld the exclusion. Anthropic CEO Amodei said frontier AI is not reliable enough for fully autonomous weapons.

Legis1 · 5 h ago

Anthropic Department of Defense Dario Amodei

Pentagon seeks $30M for AI-powered lie detector

A US Department of Defense budget request seeks $30.3 million over five years for "Polygraph+", which would use AI and machine learning to improve polygraph scoring plus touch-free "standoff sensing". Critics note polygraphs have never been scientifically validated since the 1920s, AI cannot fix the lack of a universal deception signal, and the tool may mainly pressure alleged leakers to confess.

MIT Technology Review · 13 d ago

Pentagon Department of Defense Pete Hegseth