Anthropic's clash with the Department of Defense (DOD) over the use of its AI tools to conduct surveillance and information about U.S. citizens and residents has raised privacy concerns about the potential for government surveillance. The company's CEO, Dario Amodei, argued that AI-driven mass surveillance is incompatible with democratic values and presents "serious, novel risks to our fundamental liberties". The dispute led to Anthropic losing its government contract and a legal battle over the company's designation as a national security threat. The White House's unprecedented reach for personal data has led some technology leaders to disagree with the administration. Microsoft has filed an amicus brief in Anthropic's case against the Trump administration, urging the court to temporarily block the implementation of the Pentagon's labeling Anthropic as a supply chain risk. A federal lawsuit by life insurance company Nippon alleges that OpenAI’s chatbot acted as a lawyer and convinced a woman to fire her human attorney, Graciela Dela Torre, has also been filed against ChatGPT, alleging that the chatbot used in a planned shooting incident in a Canadian school shooting of a girl, Maya G.