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Anthropic announced the appointment of a national security expert as it seeks closer ties with the U.S. Department of Defense. The appointment came the day after the company announced AI models developed for U.S. national security applications.

According to Anthropic, the new appointee Richard Fontaine will take this position in his long-term trust fund. The company's long-term trust fund is a management mechanism that, according to Anthropic, helps it prioritize safety over profit. The trust also has the right to elect certain members of the company's board of directors.
Other members of the trust include Zachary Robinson, CEO of the Center for Effective Altruism, Neil Buddy Shah, CEO of Clinton Health Access Initiatives, and Kanika Ball, president of Evidence Action.

In his statement, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that Fontaine's appointment will ensure the trust's ability to lead the company in making the most challenging decisions regarding safety-related artificial intelligence.

He also added: 'I have long believed that ensuring the leadership of democratic countries in the responsible development of AI is necessary for both global security and the common good.'

Fontaine is expected to become a trustee of Anthropic, but without a financial stake in the company. Previously, he was a foreign policy advisor to the late Senator John McCain and also served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown, teaching security studies. He also led the Center for a New American Security, a national security think tank based in Washington, D.C., and served as its president for more than six years.
His appointment came after the company appointed Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to its board of directors.

Anthropic is increasing its number of clients in the U.S. national security sector while continuing to seek new revenue sources. In November 2024, the company partnered with Palantir and AWS, the cloud computing division of its major partner and investor Amazon, to sell Anthropic AI to defense clients.
At that time, Anthropic's head of sales, Kate Earl Jensen, stated that the company's collaboration with Palantir and AWS 'will include the use of Claude' on the Palantir platform utilizing AWS hosting.

Although Anthropic has expressed interest in obtaining defense contracts, it is not the only leading AI laboratory engaged in this.
OpenAI is seeking to establish close ties with the U.S. Department of Defense. Last December, the company announced a partnership with Anduril, a defense startup that produces missiles, drones, and software for the U.S. military. Co-founder and CEO of Anduril, Brian Schimpf, stated that OpenAI's AI models will be used to enhance systems used for air defense.

Meta also announced that it is making its Llama models available to defense partners. 'We are pleased to confirm that we are making Llama available to U.S. government agencies, including those working on defense and national security applications, and private sector partners supporting their work,' Meta wrote in a blog post in November 2024.
The company stated that it will collaborate with various agencies, including Microsoft, Oracle, and Scale AI, to ensure the availability of Llama for government agencies.

Meanwhile, Google also announced that it is enhancing its Gemini AI version capable of operating in classified environments.

According to the firm’s leader, a significant portion of military and intelligence enterprises within the U.S. government has shown interest in a specialized, isolated version of Google’s Gemini AI model. The leader also stated that demonstrations of the specialized version of Gemini at closed meetings with military and intelligence agencies have sparked interest among their staff.

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Isn't it interesting, if humanity had learned to maximize its discoveries and developments, putting them not in the service of the 'military', would the world be overwhelmed by such a number of military conflicts? What do you think?