AI Companies Learn the Word No
Some AI companies are beginning to acknowledge the potential dangers of their technology and are taking steps to limit its release and use. Anthropic, for example, has restricted public access to its powerful AI model Claude Mythos Preview and set boundaries on military applications. This shift marks a departure from the tech industry's usual rapid deployment model, as companies weigh risks to security, privacy, and infrastructure.
- ▪Anthropic decided not to broadly release its AI model Claude Mythos Preview due to its ability to find thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities in critical software.
- ▪The company limited access to Claude Mythos Preview to a consortium of major tech and infrastructure organizations for defensive security purposes.
- ▪Anthropic established two narrow exceptions to military use of its AI: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
- ▪The Pentagon labeled Anthropic a risk to national security after the company refused to remove contractual safeguards on AI use, prompting a lawsuit.
- ▪A California federal judge blocked some punitive actions against Anthropic, while the D.C. Circuit has not yet paused the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation.
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Artificial Intelligence AI Companies Learn the Word No Some of the people building AI have started acting like it might be dangerous. Katherine Mangu-Ward | From the June 2026 issue Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/04/Pete-Hegseth-vs-Anthropic-v3-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" title="An illustration of Dario Amodei and Pete Hegseth" alt="An illustration of Dario Amodei and Pete Hegseth | Illustration: Algi Febri Sugita/ZUMAPRESS/Jen Golbeck/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/BONNIE CASH/UPI/Newscom/Tech Crunch/Wikimedia Commons" /> (Illustration: Algi Febri…
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