US draws up strict AI guidelines amid Anthropic clash

The Trump administration has drawn up strict rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use of their models amid a stand-off between the Pentagon and Anthropic.

The report ⁠comes ​a day after the Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a “supply-chain risk” and barred government contractors from using the AI firm’s technology in work for the US military. ​That ​move followed a months-long dispute ⁠over the company’s insistence on safeguards that the Defense Department says went too far.

A ‌draft of the guidelines reviewed by the says AI groups seeking business with the government must grant the U.S. an irrevocable license to use their systems for all legal purposes.

The guidance from the U.S. General ⁠Services Administration (GSA) would ⁠apply to civilian contracts and is part of a broader government-wide effort to ⁠strengthen ‌AI services procurement, the FT reported, ​adding that it mirrors measures ‌the Pentagon is considering for military contracts.

The ​draft from the GSA also mandates that contractors “must not intentionally encode partisan or ​ideological judgments into the AI systems ⁠data outputs,” the FT reported.

It also requires companies to disclose whether their models have been “modified or ‌configured to ⁠comply with any non-US federal government or commercial compliance or regulatory framework.” Reuters