Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of The Alliance for Secure AI, joins Breaking Points to break down the escalating battle over artificial intelligence between major tech companies and the U.S. military. Steinhauser unpacks reports of a sweeping new Trump administration contracting clause designed to force AI companies to scrap safety protocols and privacy protections as a condition of doing business with the federal government. The conversation explores Anthropic’s resistance to providing technology for autonomous “killer robots” without human oversight, and the broader implications of deploying AI in global conflicts.
