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Pentagon Rejects Autonomous AI Lethal Targeting
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the US military prohibits AI from making independent lethal targeting decisions. He simultaneously attacked Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, calling him an "ideological lunatic" following a dispute over military chatbot use. This stance reinforces human-in-the-loop requirements. It clarifies the current boundary between automated assistance and autonomous warfare.