Nextgov/FCW’s Alexandra Kelley on the government’s breakup with Anthropic

About this episode

Alexandra Kelley discusses the government's decision to phase out Anthropic's AI tools due to disagreements with the Pentagon.

Alexandra Kelley, our Nextgov/FCW colleague who covers emerging tech, jumps in to explain how agencies are phasing out Anthropic’s artificial intelligence tools amid the company’s disagreement with the Pentagon on usage of them.

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Hosts: Nick Wakeman, Ross Wilkers

Guest: Alexandra Kelley

Topics covered

• government
• artificial intelligence
• emerging technology
• defense
• technology policy

Keywords

• government
• Anthropic
• artificial intelligence
• Pentagon
• emerging tech

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Organizations: Anthropic, Pentagon

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