National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council

Summary

Anthropic announced the formation of its National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council, a bipartisan group of former officials and public policy practitioners supporting work with the U.S. government and closely allied democracies. The council includes former senators and leaders from Defense, intelligence, Energy, Justice, and congressional national security offices, and will help identify applications in cybersecurity, intelligence analysis, and scientific research. It will also deepen public-private partnerships and support standards for responsible national security applications. Anthropic describes related efforts including Claude Gov models, a $200 million Department of Defense partnership, Claude access for 10,000 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists, nuclear safeguards work, $1 access for all three government branches, and voluntary testing of biological, cyber, and AI R&D capabilities.

Takeaways

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   The inaugural council includes former senators and leaders from the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Justice, the Intelligence Community, and congressional national security offices.

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   Anthropic lists Claude Gov models, a $200 million Department of Defense partnership, and Claude deployment to 10,000 scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory among its public-sector initiatives.

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   Anthropic has voluntarily worked with U.S. and UK institutions to test model capabilities related to biological, cyber, and AI research and development risks.