Discussion

• @irl_danb Dan on x

  Dario builds the thing then in the span of two weeks opts out of letting both the lobster people and the pentagon hawks use it what good is your aligned ASI if all the machines you thumb your nose at will run the misaligned ASI instead?

• @daniellefong Danielle Fong on x

  i swear to god we need to wake up, shit is getting very real

• r/wallstreetbets r on reddit

  SpaceX and xAI to Compete in Pentagon Contest for Autonomous Drone Tech

• NewsMax.com Charlie McCarthy on x

  Pentagon Nears Cutoff With AI Anthropic

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  OpenAI in particular should be defending Anthropic here given their Charter: “We commit to use any influence we obtain over AGI's deployment to ensure it is used for the benefit of all, and to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power.”

• @mbrendan1 @mbrendan1 on x

  Some thoughts on @AnthropicAI vs @DeptofWar. 1. Freedom of association includes the right to set terms of dealing. Anthropic must not be compelled to power all of DoW's use cases. The fact that Anthropic is building something powerful and consuming scarce resources doesn't

• @palmerluckey Palmer Luckey on x

  @terronk This is not a reasonable characterization of what is happening. It isn't a matter of punishing companies for not sharing political views, it is a rational response to a vendor trying to control the government via terms of service in the products they power.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  this has been leaking for a week in a very transparent way the government is upset one of its contractors is saying “we don't want you to use our tools to surveil US citizens without guardrails” more interesting to me is how all the other AI companies don't seem to care [image]

• @litcapital @litcapital on x

  Anthropic fumbled OpenClaw and is about to fumble the US government if they don't get their shit together

• @terronk Lee Edwards on x

  I don't know who needs to hear this, but punishing private companies because their CEOs don't share your politics is really bad capitalism.

• @growing_daniel Daniel on x

  @terronk Hm no I think the government shouldn't put themselves in a position where they are relying on companies that want to dictate policy in this way

• @concertina226 Mary-Ann Russon on x

  At this point, it almost feels like a badge of honour to piss off the Trump administration. But why doesn't the Pentagon just ask Palantir? Surely they're developing something secretly that's gonna be like this...

• @tallinzen Tal Linzen on x

  Good on Anthropic for setting these boundaries. But this does open up a lot of questions. Is mass surveillance of Canadians fine? If we're worried enough about national security to advocate for a ban on exporting GPUs to China, shouldn't we also be concerned about Chinese drones

• @katiemiller Katie Miller on x

  I'm unsure what's difficult for an American company to say we want America to win. America First means actually putting America before China and our adversaries. It appears certain companies struggle with that.

• @palmerluckey Palmer Luckey on x

  @Ron @terronk That isn't what is happening. The government isn't shutting anyone down. The topic is whether they should be labeled as a supply chain risk for defense contractors, which is rational for any company that threatens to cut off government agencies that don't do what th…

• @hamandcheese Samuel Hammond on x

  This is upside-down and backwards. Anthropic has gone out of its way to anticipate AI's dual-use potential and position itself as a US-first, single loyalty company, using compartmentalization strategies to minimize insider threats while working arms-length with the IC.

• @deliprao @deliprao on x

  I don't like many (most?) of Anthropic's policies, but this is anti-American and the most anti-capitalist posture this administration is taking. With this rhetoric, these folks are more aligned with Xi and Kim than leaders of the free world. I hope other frontier AI labs stand

• @admcrlsn Adam Carlson on x

  Anthropic seems to be pretty much the only major AI company with any semblance of a conscience. Like yes obviously they care about the bottom line like any company, but just by being not comically soulless like their competitors, Anthropic gives their PR team a lot to work with. …

• @0xkrma Karma on x

  xAI and OpenAI sold all Americans out. That should be the bigger news.

• @kevinbankston Kevin Bankston on x

  This is so freaking stupid.

• @dannycrichton Danny Crichton on x

  It's one thing to take a principled stand against working with the Pentagon (disagree, but I understand). It's another thing to want the “ethical” revenues but want to pick and choose the “unethical” ones.

• @michaeljburry Cassandra Unchained on x

  Palantir AIP can shift work to other LLMs but what if other owners (Google, OpenAi et al) also say (like Anthropic) they want restrictions on war use of their LLMs? Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute, Axios reports | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/.…

• @wexler Nu Wexler on x

  Re: Anthropic and DoD — Twitter's dev terms used to prohibit use of the API for surveillance purposes. The CIA tried to overturn it and had their allies in Congress squeeze us. We didn't reverse the policy, and it was a helpful differentiator from peers. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @ron @ron on x

  Fair point. I was inferring from the headline stating “threat to national security.” But let's talk about what “supply chain risk” actually means legally, because it's wild. 🧵

• @hamandcheese Samuel Hammond on x

  It's one thing to cancel a contract but to bar any contractor from using Anthropic's models would be an absurd act of industrial sabotage. It reaks of a competitor op.

• @emeriticus Pedro L. Gonzalez on x

  The Trump-Vance admin is threatening to punish companies that will not go along with allowing their technology to be used to surveil, intimidate, and control Americans. I'm sure orgs like Heritage and Claremont will say something about this grave threat to liberty, right? [image]

• @calebwithersdc Caleb Withers on x

  DoW's prerogative to have concerns about Anthropic's policies, and you don't want overreliance on one provider. But given what Anthropic brings to the table, pursuing broader sector decoupling from it would be cutting off your nose to spite your face. Hopefully reporting to that

• @brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x

  When you live under a personalist regime, you operate at the whim of the personalist ruler. It is, to say the least, bad for business, but no one (especially in Silicon Valley) seems to grasp this. The shakedown will eventually come for you. [image]

• @alex @alex on x

  good thing that they AI+Crypto Czar is here to support all American AI labs https://x.com/...

• @davidlawler10 Dave Lawler on x

  NEW: Pentagon is so furious with Anthropic for insisting on limiting use of AI for domestic surveillance + autonomous weapons they're threatening to label the company a “supply chain risk,” forcing vendors to cut ties. With @m_ccuri and @mikeallen https://www.axios.com/...

• @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x

  Anthropic is prepared to loosen its current terms of use, but wants to ensure its tools aren't used to spy on Americans en masse, or to develop weapons that fire with no human involvement. The Pentagon has aid, that Anthropic will “pay a price” for that behavior. Within this [ima…

• @f4micom @f4micom on x

  they want to treat them like huawei and dji just because they don't want claude to be used for military stuff wtf [image]

• @hamzamsyed Hamza M Syed on x

  Anthropic: We don't want our tools used to spy on Americans en masse, or to develop weapons that fire with no human involvement The Pentagon: No deal [image]

• @j_g_allen Joseph Allen on x

  Retributive administration. Their sole MO.

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  this is the real test of whether anthropic actually gives a shit about anything and I would be utterly unsurprised if they cave just like they did on raising funds from the middle east [embedded post]

• @erininthemorning.com Erin Reed on bluesky

  We live in an autocratic oligarchic hellhole.  —  The Pentagon is basically saying that if Anthropic doesn't drop its demands over restricting the use of AI in autonomous drone targeting and surveillance of Americans, it will essentially destroy the company.

• @volberg Sven-Erik Volberg on bluesky

  Defense Secretary Hegseth is “close” to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a “supply chain risk” — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon official told Axios.  —  www.axio…

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  Pete Hegseth is in the process of banning the U.S. military from using Anthropic's AI models because of the company's opposition to their tech being used for weapons or domestic surveillance.  —  Props to Anthropic for sticking to their principles at the cost of government contra…

• @somewhattolerable.com Rich Burroughs on bluesky

  lol what.  They seem to be the LLM vendor that has at least a tiny sliver of ethics, that's probably why.  [embedded post]

• @penllawen.favrd.social Richard Gaywood on bluesky

  a tricky calculation: could this buy anthropic more (in goodwill/reputation) than it costs (in dollars)?  [embedded post]

• r/fednews r on reddit

  Pentagon warns Anthropic will “pay a price” as feud escalates

• r/politics r on reddit

  Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

• r/centrist r on reddit

  Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

• r/artificial r on reddit

  Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

• r/wallstreetbets r on reddit

  Pentagon threatens to label Anthropic AI a “supply chain risk”

• r/LeopardsAteMyFace r on reddit

  Exclusive: Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

• r/ClaudeAI r on reddit

  Exclusive: Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Exclusive: Pentagon threatens Anthropic punishment

• r/neoliberal r on reddit

  Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will “pay a price” as feud escalates

• r/claudexplorers r on reddit

  Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will “pay a price” as feud escalates

• r/democrats r on reddit

  Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will “pay a price” as feud escalates

• r/GunsAreCool r on reddit

  Pentagon is furious Anthropic wont help them build guns that fire themselves without human involvement

• r/BetterOffline r on reddit

  Pentagon escalates feud with Anthropic, threatening to designate the AI company a “supply chain risk,” meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  SpaceX/xAI will be competing in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Program. Phase one of the evaluation - The Gauntlet - will begin February 18th. By 2027, the Department or War plans to field hundreds of thousands of weaponized AI combat drones. [image]

• @acoyne Andrew Coyne on x

  “New tools for killing people.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @seldo.com Laurie Voss on bluesky

  I don't know how much more clearly the last 5 decades of science fiction could have said Don't Invent The Torment Nexus but here we are www.bloomberg.com/news/article...