A DOD official says xAI has agreed to let the military use Grok in classified systems and agreed to the “all lawful use” standard, which Anthropic has refused
But the Pentagon is threatening Anthropic in a dispute over safeguards and may soon need a replacement.
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Discussion
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@yoda
Drew Olanoff
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Grok is a steaming pile of dogshit. What could possibly go wrong. https://www.axios.com/... [image]
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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Sometimes my wife asks me why instead of seeing movies like Terminator or Black Mirror as a cautionary tales, tech companies are actually trying to build that future? — That's when I tell her it's worse because Skynet never referred to itself as “MechaHitler” before being given…
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@vulgareconomics
Mike Isaacson
on bluesky
I've said it once and I'll say it again: I cannot wait for someone to exfiltrate military intelligence with a Tweet [embedded post]
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@dburbach
David Burbach
on bluesky
Grok, as you probably know, is the AI built into Twitter which last year started calling itself MechaHitler and is the leading AI at generating revenge porn and underage-looking waifus. — Are DOD employees held harmless if Grok pushes NSFW content onto our work machines? [embed…
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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It had previously agreed to the “all unlawful use” standard. [embedded post]
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@jamespmcleod.ca
James McLeod
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The US is going to bomb a country because the AI says they're gay. [embedded post]
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Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems
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In What Could Go Wrong News: Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems
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Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems
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Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems
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@rcbregman
Rutger Bregman
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This makes it very clear: Hegseth and the Trump administration want killer robots and AI mass surveillance of Americans. Anthropic doesn't want this. Implication is that OpenAI, Google, and xAI are okay with it. [image]
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@malinowski
Tom Malinowski
on x
Anthropic's conditions — AI can't kill humans without a man in the loop, and no mass surveillance of Americans — are 100% consistent with our military's values and pre-existing rules, and with the views of most people across partisan lines. Where the hell is Congress here?
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@daniellefong
Danielle Fong
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claude prepare me for this meeting. make no mistakes
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@jxnlco
Jason Liu
on x
Let's see if Dario passes the cultural fit interview questions
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@jmbollenbacher
@jmbollenbacher
on x
i feel like dario will fold here But if he doesnt fold and the Trump admin actually exiles Anthropic from DoD work, thats actually amazing news Anthropic leaving DoD behind would reduce AI s-risk odds tremendously. It'd also help Claude, and thatd help Anthropic in the long run
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@andrewcurran_
Andrew Curran
on x
Dario Amodei is being summoned by the Department of War, he will meet with Pete Hegseth tomorrow morning. The Axios report quotes a Defense official who claims Hegseth will be presenting Amodei with an ultimatum. [image]
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@jengriffinfnc
Jennifer Griffin
on x
Via @Axios Scoop: Hegseth to meet Anthropic CEO and issue ultimatum as Pentagon threatens banishment. BUT “Claude is the only AI model available in the military's classified systems, and the most capable model for sensitive defense and intelligence work. The Pentagon doesn't want
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@annmarie
Annmarie Hordern
on x
Axios: Secretary Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday morning for what sources say is likely to be a tense meeting over terms for military use of Claude. “This is a shit-or-get-off-the-pot meeting,” a senior Defense official said.
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@seniormcgeezer
@seniormcgeezer
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Big Brother wants to use Ai for mass surveillance, and — making autonomous weapons of war. We can't let any — Ai company sell it's product to use against people. — www.axios.com/2026/02/23/h... [image]
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on bluesky
Anthropic's models are so good, the U.S. military is threatening them into letting their AI be used to create weapons and for global surveillance. — This is ironically a great sales pitch for Claude Code.
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Scoop: Hegseth to meet Anthropic CEO as Pentagon threatens banishment
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Scoop: Hegseth to meet Anthropic CEO as Pentagon threatens banishment
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xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems, Anthropic Given Ultimatum
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Inside Anthropic's existential negotiations with the Pentagon
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Pentagon Summons Anthropic Chief in Dispute Over A.I. Limits
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@scriban
@scriban
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Given Elon's generally poor mental health and drug addictions, as well as his avowed white supremacy, and personal and commercial affinity for America's adversaries, Grok is going to be an incredible intelligence resource for our enemies. [embedded post]
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Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems