Pete Hegseth goes out of his way to call Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an “ideological lunatic.”

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines

Pete Hegseth goes out of his way to call Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an “ideological lunatic.”

TL;DR

  • Pete Hegseth called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an "ideological lunatic."
  • The comments were made during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
  • Senator Jacky Rosen questioned Hegseth about the DoD's dispute with Anthropic.
  • The dispute involves AI and targeting decisions, with a question about human oversight.
  • Hegseth cited Anthropic's refusal to "accept our terms of service" as a point of contention.