Palantir, Nvidia To Curb AI Use Over Data Safety Fears: Report

Major technology firms including Palantir and Nvidia are considering restricting their use of advanced AI models from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI due to data security and intellectual property concerns. These firms are demanding stricter guarantees regarding data retention and model training practices.
Why it matters
This reflects a growing corporate pushback against AI labs, highlighting the tension between rapid AI development and the need for enterprise-grade data privacy.
Large technology companies, including Palantir Technologies, Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton, could restrict or cease using advanced AI models unless Anthropic and OpenAI guarantee not to misuse their intellectual property, The Information reported on Monday.Microsoft, meanwhile, is capitalising on such concerns by pitching isolated cloud environments and its own AI offerings to draw clients, according to the report that cited people familiar with the matter.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday called for AI companies to slow the pace of frontier model development, warning that capabilities are advancing faster than researchers can understand or control - a position quickly endorsed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk.Anthropic faced customer pushback after a June policy change for its Fable model gave the company rights to retain usage logs for 30 days to guard against "complex and novel attacks," according to the report. OpenAI…
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