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Anthropic's $200 million Pentagon contract collapsed after the DoD designated it a supply-chain risk due to disagreements over military control of its AI models, particularly for autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance. The Pentagon subsequently contracted OpenAI, which accepted, leading to a significant surge in ChatGPT uninstalls. This incident highlights the complex ethical dilemmas and control issues AI startups face when pursuing federal contracts, especially those with military applications.
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