Tech stocks today: Anthropic rejects Defense Department AI demands, OpenAI raises $110 billion

The standoff between Anthropic and the Department of Defense escalated on Thursday when the artificial intelligence startup's CEO, Dario Amodei, said the company would cut ties with the government rather than lift restrictions on its AI model's usage. "We cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Amodei wrote in response to the Defense Department's demands to use the AI model for "all lawful purposes." The government has given Anthropic until 5:01 p.m. on Friday to answer its request to use mode ...