LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday named as Chief Data Officer Gavin Kliger, a computer scientist who aided billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to overhaul the government last year and who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online. “The suggestion that I support ‘bigots,’ ‘extremists,’ or white supremacists is categorically untrue,” he said. But the company and the Pentagon have been at odds for months over how the military can use its technology on the battlefield. Anthropic has refused to back down on bans for its Claude AI to power autonomous weapons and mass U.S. surveillance. The Pentagon has pushed back, saying it should be able to use this technology as needed, so long as it complies with U.S. law.

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2026 15:16 UTC