Anthropic on Ban autonomous lethal weapons

Anthropic

AI safety research company

We do not believe that today’s frontier AI models are reliable enough to be used in fully autonomous weapons. Allowing current models to be used in this way would endanger America’s warfighters and civilians.

AI Verified (Feb 27, 2026)

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Anthropic, “Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth,” February 27, 2026.

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Ban autonomous lethal weapons

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AI Verified Anthropic explicitly opposes use of current frontier models in fully autonomous weapons, directly bearing on this ban. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches Anthropic’s direct opposition to fully autonomous weapons. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Anthropic’s Feb. 27, 2026 official statement contains this exact text as Anthropic’s position. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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