At Singapore launch, Anthropic defends its oversight of how customers use its model, citing AI’s ‘dual use’ risks
Source: Fortune ·
Anthropic wants to “figure out how we safely deploy this technology while being able to find and capture misuse," said co-founder Benjamin Mann.
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Anthropic is unwilling to relinquish all oversight of how customers use its most powerful AI models, citing the “dual use” nature of the technology, co-founder Benjamin Mann said Wednesday. Asked by Fortune whether the Claude developer would offer local data residency and sovereign AI solutions as governments and businesses seek greater control over sensitive information, Mann said Anthropic wanted customers “to run their most sensitive workloads with us.” But “it’s important to note that this technology is dual use,” he said, explaining that Anthropic wanted to “figure out how we safely deploy this technology while being able to find and capture misuse.” In September, Anthropic introduced its Enterprise Frontier Safeguards program, designed to offer stronger data privacy protections, including zero data retention for eligible customers, while preserving safeguards to detect misuse. Anthropic routinely discloses attempts by state and non-state actors to use Claude for military and…