The world needs to pay attention to this
Over the last few weeks, a major ethical debate has been unfolding in the U.S, and it concerns the very future of warfare.
The conflict involves an unprecedented standoff between the Pentagon and the AI company Anthropic (creators of Claude).
Anthropic held a contract with the Pentagon that included strict "red lines": their AI could not be used for mass surveillance of citizens nor for the development of fully autonomous weapons.
However, with the contract already in effect, the Pentagon demanded the removal of these ethical safeguards. When Anthropic refused, Sec. Pete Hegseth designated the company a "national security supply chain risk," and President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Claude.
The government quickly moved to replace Anthropic's role with OpenAI and xAI.
While these are new contracts, they fulfill the same strategic functions but with a crucial difference: they have reportedly agreed to operate under the Pentagon’s existing policies, specifically Directive 3000.09.
Why is this a turning point? Because Directive 3000.09 does not prohibit fully autonomous lethal weapons.
It allows for "appropriate levels of human judgment," a vague term that the military interprets as allowing AI to trigger force independently once a mission is programmed. If a human programmed the AI to kill, it’s fine.
By accepting these terms, OpenAI and xAI are effectively removing the private ethical barriers that Anthropic fought to maintain.
Anthropic has now sued the U.S. government, alleging illegal retaliation for its ethical stance, a move backed by Microsoft, which warns of a dangerous precedent.
This is about more than just software; it means AI could soon make life-or-death decisions on its own.
We see the errors AI makes every day; these systems are nowhere near ready to decide the fate of a human life.
Global society must keep a close eye on this issue.
@ContraInvest Gracias. Entonces Sanchez está respetando la legalidad internacional, y si, le puede favorecer electoralmente en contraste con la postura servil del PP y VOX con Trump.