The US military used artificial intelligence in its operation to capture then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Anthropic was the first AI model developer to be used in the Pentagon for classified operations.
Military adoption is regarded as a major credibility boost for AI companies, as it helps them with legitimacy and justifies their high investor-driven valuations in a fiercely competitive landscape.
Despite Anthropic’s usage guidelines prohibiting Claude from facilitating violence, developing weapons or conducting surveillance, the artificial-intelligence tool was used in the operation.
Maduro and his wife were captured from Caracas after several sites were bombed.
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