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• @beffjezos @beffjezos on x

  This cultural wedge is by design by China. Meant to stop the US from using top tier tech for defense in order to erode its advantage. We tracked this at Alphabet following the Maven 1.0 fallout.

• @fchollet François Chollet on x

  I gained a lot of respect for Dario for being principled on the issues of mass surveillance and autonomous killbots. Principled leaders are rare these days

• @scobleizer Robert Scoble on x

  A retired US Air Force General backs Anthropic. @GaryMarcus is a firebrand in the AI industry, but he has been right about so much. In a way he is a counterbalance to my hyping of so much AI stuff. A needed one.

• @jason @jason on x

  In fairness, he nailed it [video]

• @jaketapper Jake Tapper on x

  Anthropic says of Hegseth demands: “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.” https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @zhoujaron Jaron Zhou on x

  Chance that the Pentagon designates Anthropic a supply chain risk spiking after this response [image]

• @nxthompson @nxthompson on x

  “These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's response to Pete Hegseth's ultimatum: https://www.anthropic.com/... [image]

• @bryantmcgill Bryant McGill on x

  @AnthropicAI Incredible nonsense. God help us all if people are really this gullible and ill-informed. AI isn't “about to” enable mass surveillance or mediate human behavior. It's been doing both for decades—quietly keeping this fragile civilization from skidding off the rails. B…

• @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x

  Holy sh*t: Dario chose war with the department of war. [image]

• @cryptopunk7213 @cryptopunk7213 on x

  it's official - Anthropic just refused the Pentagon's demands, dario's statement is doesn't fuck around: - “these threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.” - dario - he described the pentagons efforts to force him to enable [image]

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  I'm sure the Pentagon meeting was a challenge to prepare for, but given where things landed, this was an easy decision. The people facing the harder decision this week are execs at other companies who should have made their views clear, and mostly didn't.

• @chriscoons Senator Chris Coons on x

  Demanding complete obedience from a private company so the Pentagon has the option to surveil Americans and develop self-firing weapons is chilling and totally inappropriate.

• @jemelehill Jemele Hill on x

  I don't think people full appreciate what it says that a company that stands to gain millions is telling the government ... even for us, this is too much.

• @glukianoff Greg Lukianoff on x

  It hadn't occurred to me before seeing this message that if Anthropic didn't resist this, the murder bot that eventually kills me might be named Claude. I thought that name was much too nerdy to be dangerous.

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  Historic! I don't always agree with @DarioAmodei but my hat is off to him for this incredibly brave statement.

• @adamscochran Adam Cochran on x

  If the Pentagon does that, and tries to exert executive authority over Anthropic, the Trump admin will destroy the entire AI boom. Anthropic will not be persuaded by a “supply chain risk” designation. The next step would be forced executive control. BUT, Anthropic's own

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  @teortaxesTex As far as I know, Anthropic's contractual limitations on the use of Claude by DoW have not resulted in a single actual obstacle or slowdown to DoW operations. This is a matter of principle on both sides.

• @liminal_warmth @liminal_warmth on x

  I stand with Anthropic on this. Their objections here are principled and reasonable, and these lines are fair, reasonable, and patriotic. They already massively cooperate with the US government. The DoW is in the wrong and should back down. https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @timoreilly Tim O'Reilly on x

  Bravo! https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @notthreadguy @notthreadguy on x

  holy fuck anthropic has god internally

• @kelseytuoc Kelsey Piper on x

  If Hegseth is smart, he'll fire the morons who dragged him into this fight, try to get other labs cleared for classified engagement, and fire Anthropic in a year if this is a real problem then. However, I haven't heard any indications that my condition in that sentence holds.

• @jkeatn Jake Eaton on x

  I am especially proud to work at Anthropic today

• @netcapgirl Sophie on x

  this is game of thrones for people who know linear algebra

• @mickeyxfriedman Mickey Friedman on x

  we should all be celebrating anthropic today

• @josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x

  really pathetic comms strategy from the pentagon today. they know threatening to destroy Anthropic unless they allow Claude to do domestic mass surveillance & killbots is unacceptable and unpopular, so instead of justifying it, they just start insulting Dario Amodei

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Darios says “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.” https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @uswremichael @uswremichael on x

  Prior to their new “Constitution,” @AnthropicAI had an old one they desperately tried to delete from the internet. “Choose the response that is least likely to be viewed as harmful or offensive to a non-western cultural tradition of any sort.” [image]

• @thezvi Zvi Mowshowitz on x

  Anthropic is clear, they're happy to continue work with DoW but they are not going to fold, period, and are fully prepared to walk away. It's DoW's move.

• @zcohencnn Zachary Cohen on x

  “Two such use cases have never been included in our contracts with the Department of War, and we believe they should not be included now.” [image]

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  @teortaxesTex The thing is, DoW, since they are not a law enforcement agency, doesn't do much surveillance. The thing that will contort the labs into pretzels will be their contracts with DHS.

• @dee_bosa Deirdre Bosa on x

  Anthropic won't work with the Pentagon. DeepSeek is powering Chinese drone swarms. Is that a problem? maybe underappreciated is what this fight reveals about the structural gap between the US and China on military AI

• @chris_j_paxton Chris Paxton on x

  I am actually of the opinion that lethal autonomous claude will be a good thing (once the tech is ready, with proper governance and oversight)

• @mcfaul Michael McFaul on x

  Strong, principled, and very reasonable statement by @DarioAmodei . Bravo. https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  To be clear, while I support Anthropic's decision, I also think some people are going a bit overboard in praising Dario/Anthropic for bravery here... It'd be pretty catastrophic for their retention/hiring to cave on this now (which is good! Yay staff caring about their impact!).

• @beffjezos @beffjezos on x

  The unfortunate thing is China will absolutely distill US models and use them for autonomous weapons without even flinching.

• @aakashgupta Aakash Gupta on x

  The $200M contract everyone's focused on is 1.4% of Anthropic's revenue. Anthropic hit $14 billion in annualized revenue last week. They're growing 10x annually. Claude Code alone generates $2.5B in run-rate revenue, a product that didn't exist 9 months ago. The Pentagon is

• @devahaz Deva Hazarika on x

  I think if the general public were presented with this argument and actually listened to both sides, they'd be massively in favor of Anthropic's position [image]

• @davelee.me Dave Lee on bluesky

  WIth about 23 hours to go before the Pentagon's deadline, Anthropic announces it has had enough time to think it over.  Firm NO to the Pentagon's demands on “any lawful use” of AI. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• @mergesort.me Joe Fabisevich on bluesky

  This is a much better Claude ad than what Anthropic made for the Super Bowl.

• @evansutton Evan Sutton on bluesky

  This changes 0% of my skepticism of AI, but it is a remarkable statement from Anthropic.  Amodei is showing dramatically more backbone than nearly any other executive, elected or institution in America with far more serious things at risk.  —  www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• @tedunderwood.com Ted Underwood on bluesky

  You can call the 2020s exhausting and heartbreaking.  Dizzying?  Yep.  Terrifying?  Definitely.  But you cannot say “boring.”  This is top-shelf content; a lot of best-selling science fiction is written worse than <gestures broadly>.  [embedded post]

• @leahmcelrath Leah McElrath on bluesky

  ⚠️ Anthropic:  —  “We cannot in good conscience accede” to the demands of the Department of War.  —  Concerns about the Department's potential use of AI for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons have not been resolved.

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  The fact that the Pentagon is trying to bully Anthropic into letting them use hallucination-prone LLMs to power killer robots & drones but it's the company that's telling them that's a terrible idea shows how far the US has fallen under Trump.  [image]

• @normeisen Norm Eisen on bluesky

  Wow @anthropic.com!  —  You previously did the right thing by settling the litigation by authors whose works trained your model (including me!)  —  Now you are saying no to the government demanding these dangerous uses  —  I'm switching my AI use to Anthropic  —  www.anthropic.co…

• @bcmerchant Brian Merchant on bluesky

  This is a major PR coup for Anthropic.  In rejecting the DoD's demands that it allow the surveilling of Americans and autonomous killing, it gets immediate claim to the moral high ground, which other AI co's won't take.  Anthropic is the AI company that *won't* kill and surveil y…

• @erininthemorning.com Erin Reed on bluesky

  A major Pentagon-Anthropic showdown is underway.  The Pentagon is pushing for Claude to enable mass AI surveillance + autonomous drones, threatening a supply-chain-risk label or a defense production act takeover if they don't.  —  Ultimatum was issued for tomorrow.  —  Anthropic …

• @bcmerchant Brian Merchant on bluesky

  Never mind that it was the first AI co with military contracts that required classified clearance in the first place, or that it's partnered with Palantir.  Turning down this DoD contract with all eyes on them and the Trump admin reaching heights of unpopularity gets them a win o…

• @raders Ben Raderstorf on bluesky

  🚨🚨🚨🚨 🚨 Anthropic will *not* bow to the Trump administration's demands that it enable mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...  [image]

• @lessig Lawrence Lessig on bluesky

  This is a beautiful act of integrity and principle, incredibly rare for our time.  Thank you, Anthropic.  —  www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• r/Anthropic r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

• r/Destiny r on reddit

  Anthropic has refused to give in to Hegseth's demands for mass surveillance of US citizens and autonomous weapons

• r/ClaudeAI r on reddit

  Dario after not not folding to the Pentagon's pressure

• r/BetterOffline r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on Anthropic's discussions with the Department of War

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Anthropic Rejects Pentagon offer [Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War]

• @anthropicai @anthropicai on x

  A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @trentonbricken Trenton Bricken on x

  Time and time again over my three year tenure at Anthropic I've seen us stand to our values in ways that are often invisible from the outside. This is a clear instance where it is visible:

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Statement from Dario Amodei, partial quote: 'Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.

• @zeffmax Max Zeff on x

  plz someone tell me where I'm wrong -pentagon agreed to use Anthropic's AI on the condition it wouldn't use it for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons -now it wants to amend that agreement, but claims that existing laws prevent it from using Anthropic's AI for those things [i…

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  Imagine that you created an LLC, and that you are the sole owner and employee. One day your LLC receives a letter from the government that says, “here is a contract to go mine heavy rare earth elements in Alaska.” You don't want to do that, so you reply, “no thanks!” There is

• @hamandcheese Samuel Hammond on x

  If this was a test by the simulation to see which AI CEO has the moral fiber to be trusted with building AGI, Dario just passed with honors.

• @thestalwart Joe Weisenthal on x

  Anthropic statement is out saying it won't accede to Hegseth's demands https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @ericnewcomer Eric Newcomer on x

  backbone at a time when spines are rare

• @giansegato Gian on x

  history is unfolding in front of us it's now obvious and evident to everyone with eyes to see why anthropic founding was a crucial fork in the timeline, and how catastrophic the counterfactual would've been otherwise still surprising though how fast it took to reach this point

• @clementdelangue Clem on x

  The Department of War just learned the golden rule of AI: Not your weights, not your brain 🧠🔒

• @scobleizer Robert Scoble on x

  The statement. Of the year.

• @erikschluntz Erik Schluntz on x

  I feel incredibly proud of Anthropic's willingness to walk away from a lot of revenue to not build autonomous weapons and mass surveillance!

• @camrmackenzie Camille MacKenzie on x

  You're my worst nightmare—a government that refuses limits on its power and wants to force private companies to allow them unfettered access to tech that enables mass surveillance of Americans where it'll be used to keep us in line or else. Don't even pretend like you and Hegseth

• @zswitten Zack Witten on x

  Very proud to work at a company that takes this stance and very appreciative of people like @JeffDean @boazbaraktcs who have spoken out from Google and OpenAI. We're in this together.

• @trustlessstate David Hoffman on x

  I'll be shutting down my non-Anthropic AI subscriptions and be exclusively an @AnthropicAI Pro customer moving forwards I'm doing my part!

• @ratorthodox @ratorthodox on x

  I'm not totally sure about the valence of the consequences of this, and I'm not sure it is strategically the right move on anthropic's part, but regardless, I at least currently admire a lot about this statement on many grounds.

• @thezvi Zvi Mowshowitz on x

  Kudos to Anthropic. I'm suddenly very curious what would be happening if Anthropic was a publicly traded company...

• @uswremichael @uswremichael on x

  Imagine your worst nightmare. Now imagine that ⁦@AnthropicAI⁩ has their own “Constitution.” Not corporate values, not the United States Constitution, but their own plan to impose on Americans their corporate laws. Claude's Constitution \ Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/...

• @jengriffinfnc Jennifer Griffin on x

  Strange that the Pentagon/Sec Hegseth picks this fight with Anthropic, the AI company on which its systems and warfighters currently rely on the eve of possible war in the Middle East.  Anthropic responds below to Pentagon ultimatum.  Deadline remains 5:01 pm Friday, the same tim…

• @jason @jason on x

  Notable 📝

• @amy_siskind @amy_siskind on x

  Good for them! Anthropic tells Hegseth to go kick sand, REJECTS his “final offer,” which would have allowed the regime to use Claude to spy on the American people. FINALLY, some ethics from Silicon Valley!

• @jason @jason on x

  Private company doesn't want to be involved in building unreliable murderbots and a surveillance state — seems reasonable to me. Ten other AI companies will... to each their own.

• @uswremichael @uswremichael on x

  It's a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex. He wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is ok putting our nation's safety at risk. The @DeptofWar will ALWAYS adhere to the law but not bend to whims of any one for-profit tech

• @krystalball Krystal Ball on x

  Anthropic and Dario deserve credit for standing up for two very basic and obvious principles: no mass surveillance and no autonomous killer robots.  Perhaps this is a low bar but it isn't clear any of the other leading AI companies would put principle above profits in ANY scenari…

• @adamscochran Adam Cochran on x

  God damn right! Spying on American's is a hardline. And we need more tech companies willing to stand up, and reject government contracts when they misuse tech products!

• @hannahdcox Hannah Cox on x

  Just deleted Chat everywhere and downloaded my new friend Claude. STAND WITH ANTHROPIC. This is a massive deal.

• @ch402 Chris Olah on x

  Here I stand, I can do no other.

• @senmarkey Ed Markey on x

  DOD is still coercing Anthropic to allow its AI model to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous warfare. Imagine what they have planned. This can't happen. [image]

• @tszzl Roon on x

  pentagon has made a lot of mistakes in this negotiation. they are giving anthropic unlimited aura farming opportunities

• @kyliebytes Kylie Robison on x

  wow wow wow wow wow https://www.anthropic.com/... [image]

• @pjaicomo Patrick Jaicomo on x

  @USWREMichael ... If you don't like the deal, you don't sign the contract. That's as basic as it gets, Emil. The real question here is why the Pentagon is throwing a fit because Anthropic said DOD can't use its AI to create autonomous weapons or mass surveil Americans. Why does D…

• @nxthompson @nxthompson on x

  One irony of the showdown between Anthropic and the Pentagon: Perhaps no AI company has been more enthusiastic about partnering with the US military. And the US military loves using Claude. Now the partnership is on the brink of imploding. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]

• @mina-hanse Mina Hanse on bluesky

  The US may cancel all contracts with Anthropic if it refuses to give the Pentagon full access to its Claude AI, escalating tensions after the company pushed back on expanded military use.  —  www.ft.com/content/11d2...  [image]

• @rieckhoff Paul Rieckhoff on bluesky

  Good on you, Anthropic.  —  Refreshing to see someone standing up for what's right and the best interests of the American people.  Because it's clearly not happening from the Pentagon political leadership and propagandists.  —  www.axios.com/2026/02/26/a...

• @jamesrball.com James Ball on bluesky

  I suspect there's also a global legal liability issue here.  But it does also feel like Anthropic is trying to save the DoD from itself - or at least from Secretary Hegseth - here.  The tech is simply not even close to ready to be deployed in this way.  [embedded post]

• @alexkirshner.com Alex Kirshner on bluesky

  Anthropic is not giving Hegseth what he wants, at least not now www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• @laurenmeidasa Lauren Ashley Davis on bluesky

  “The contract language we received overnight from the Department of War made virtually no progress on preventing Claude's use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons,” Anthropic said in a statement.  —  www.axios.com/2026/02/26/a...

• @erininthemorning.com Erin Reed on bluesky

  I think it should trouble everyone that Trump is trying to use AI to mass surveil Americans and autonomously target people with killing machines using an AI model.  —  I'm glad Anthropic is refusing.  —  But now we will see if the Pentagon engages in ending the company or a takeo…

• @knowtheory.net Ted Han on bluesky

  It's worth reading Anthropic's blog post: www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...  I want to underscore that even if you hate Anthropic and uses of Artificial Intelligence, it is important to ensure the lines that they're laying out in this doc are not crossed, regardless of the toolin…

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on bluesky

  When there are no laws meaningfully regulating military AI use, the Pentagon's promise to use AI “lawfully” mean almost nothing.  The authoritarian AI crisis has arrived www.platformer.news/anthropic- pe...  [image]

• r/politics r on reddit

  Anthropic rejects Pentagon's “final offer” in AI safeguards fight

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Anthropic rejects Pentagon's “final offer” in AI safeguards fight

• r/slatestarcodex r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

• r/accelerate r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

• r/technology r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

• r/ClaudeAI r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

• r/ClaudeAI r on reddit

  Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

• Vox Bryan Walsh on x

  The Pentagon's battle with Anthropic is really a war over who controls AI

• @seanparnellasw Sean Parnell on x

  The Department of War has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans (which is illegal) nor do we want to use AI to develop autonomous weapons that operate without human involvement. This narrative is fake and being peddled by leftists in the media.

• @senatorwarnock Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock on x

  This is out of control. Pete Hegseth wants to use AI to fire weapons without human input. And he's willing to blackmail a private company in order to do it. He is a threat to our safety and must be fired immediately.

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on bluesky

  (The Trump administration is already conducting mass surveillance of Americans, starting with their social media profiles.)  [embedded post]

• @rweingarten Randi Weingarten on bluesky

  Hegseth's reckless demands are dangerous and unethical.  I'm grateful to Dario and the team at @Anthropic for resisting the threats and pressures to give Hegseth unchecked power to surveil us or start a war www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

• @pauljdavies Paul J Davies on bluesky

  This is such an important story imo.  And the US really has the worst possible guy in charge of WAR at this incredibly significant moment.  —  Anthropic's high-stakes conflict with the Pentagon gets to the heart of just how far AI can shape the future of war www.bloomberg.com/new…

• @jjvincent James Vincent on bluesky

  wow: anthropic are sticking by their guns — or, rather, not sticking by the Pengaton's. amodei says the company won't drop safeguards against using its AI to power fully autonomous weapons or mass surveillance, per DoD demands, and will take what punishment it gets www.anthropic.…

• r/BeyondThePromptAI r on reddit

  Anthropic holds the line

• r/economy r on reddit

  Anthropic refuses Pentagon's new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

• @kenbazinet Ken Bazinet on bluesky

  “But Anthropic, so far, has refused to back down from its two current red lines: no mass surveillance of Americans, and no lethal autonomous weapons (or weapons with license to kill targets with no human oversight whatsoever),” writes Hayden Field.  —  #AI

• @brento Brent Ozar on bluesky

  WOW.  US company Anthropic (makers of Claude, Claude Code, etc) tells the US government, “No, we refuse to let you use our tools for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.” www.anthropic.com/news/stateme... Sadly, you know what's coming next: they'll be accused of tre…

• @clarenafo @clarenafo on bluesky

  Delighted to see Anthropic to tell Pete Hegseth to fuck off despite Hegseth's threats.  The CEO, Dario Amodei, has said Anthropic “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon's demands to allow unrestricted AI use.  —  www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• @shashj Shashank Joshi on bluesky

  Anthropic says that mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons remain the two sticking points with DoD.  In turn, DoD says it has no intention of doing either, but appears to refuse to accept restrictions on use. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• r/technology r on reddit

  Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon's threats ‘do not change our position’ on AI

• @hlntnr Helen Toner on x

  CSET's military AI lead on the nuances around what's “lawful” with autonomous weapons: (Emmy is a former Navy officer who operated Aegis missile defense systems — aka pre-deep-learning autonomous weapons systems deployed on battleships) https://x.com/...

• @hlntnr Helen Toner on x

  One thing the Pentagon is very likely underestimating: how much Anthropic cares about what *future Claudes* will make of this situation. Because of how Claude is trained, what principles/values/priorities the company demonstrate here could shape its “character” for a long time.

• @adelpreore @adelpreore on bluesky

  Well, it certainly appears as if Anthropic is going to do the right thing.  —  www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/a...

• @dominicervolina.com Dom Ervolina on bluesky

  Full statement from Anthropic (thanks to @ghostynewt.bsky.social for sending it over)  —  www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

• @susanmcp Susan McPherson on bluesky

  Finally, a CEO with a real spine in this new era!  —  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company “cannot in good conscience” agree to allow the Department of Defense to use its AI models in all lawful use cases.  —  www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/a...

• @tcarmody Tim Carmody on bluesky

  For some reason I don't think they mean to analyze and create documents [embedded post]

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on bluesky

  “Experts say the outcome of the clash could shape the trajectory of the burgeoning relationship between the AI industry and the U.S. military, potentially signaling to other leading firms that the cost of doing business with the Pentagon could be losing control of their innovatio…

• @scaling01 @scaling01 on x

  he wants to be part of this so bad he knows this was an insane relative aura loss for labs not named Anthropic

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Sam Altman on Pentagon/Anthropic fight just now on CNBC: “The government the Pentagon needs AI models. They need AI partners. This is clear and I think Anthropic and others have said they understand that as well. I don't personally think the Pentagon should be threatening DPA

• @brandystanford @brandystanford on bluesky

  Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum on Tuesday after meeting with Amodei: Allow the Pentagon to use the company's AI as it sees fit by Friday or risk losing its government contract. apnews.com/article/anth...

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  @neil_chilson As I have said since the beginning, this is about the principle of the thing for both parties. Anthropic is saying private firms should be able to set the terms on which they offer products and services to the government. USG is saying no, private firms may not set …

• @soumithchintala Soumith Chintala on x

  this takes a lot of bravery 🫡

• @tszzl Roon on x

  strongly disagree: the open hot mess is a great strength of democratic countries. it seems clear that optimal level of public chaos is far above what people find intuitive

• @jonchu @jonchu on x

  I find this drama between Anthropic and the Dept of War playing out on Twitter highly amusing. But god, the way both Anthropic and our government is acting and airing out all their dirty laundry publicly drastically increases my P(China > US | +50 years)

• @ktmboyle Katherine Boyle on x

  We've seen this movie before. When the dust settles, a lot of patriotic founders will point to this exact moment as the match that lit the fire in them. 🇺🇸

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Anthropic hates Western Civilization

• @albertwenger Albert Wenger on x

  As a small personal shareholder in Anthropic I appreciate the company's position here. I would add that (a) the US military should not be engaged in domestic surveillance period and (b) using any general foundation model in a fully autonomous weapon is a terrible idea.

• @neil_chilson Neil Chilson on x

  Just FYI, this is the Department of War language that Anthropic doesn't want in their contracts. I've seen a lot of people say “if Anthropic's red lines are already unlawful, then why doesn't DoW just agree to them?” You could just as well say, “if the DoW only wants lawful [imag…

• @jomichell Jo Michell on bluesky

  This is still going.  Starting to look like Anthropic isn't going to back down.  Hegseth to fold? www.ft.com/content/11d2...

• r/politics r on reddit

  Anthropic CEO says it ‘cannot in good conscience accede’ to Pentagon's demands for AI use

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  i am actually sympathetic to this point — what this whole episode raises for me is the “where is congress on all of this” question neither a privco nor the pentagon should be making up rules as they go along (invoking the DPA and supply chain threats was an escalation, though)

• @anton_d_leicht Anton Leicht on x

  will be very interesting to see how the current DoW/anthropic situation affects the future of the DPA. might be a blow to friends and supporters of ‘the project’ if this episode leads to judicial clarification or even informs what Congress does on reauthorisation

• @vcarchidi Vincent Carchidi on bluesky

  I stand partially corrected.  This open letter isn't formally associated with the labs, but it is signed by various employees.  —  notdivided.org [embedded post]

• @isolyth.dev @isolyth.dev on bluesky

  An open letter has been signed by 200+ OpenAI and Deepmind employees, who want their companies to adopt the same restrictions on use that Anthropic has.  If this ends up occurring, then the DoD's only option for ‘frontier’ intelligence will be Grok.

• @chorzempamartin Martin Chorzempa on x

  Most of USG does not want to get stuck with Grok instead of Claude: “Demand from other agencies to use Grok has been anemic, people familiar with the matter said, except in a few cases where people wanted to use it to mimic a bad actor for defensive testing.” 🤦‍♂️

• @slatestarcodex Scott Alexander on x

  @KTmBoyle I cannot wait until the White House changes hands and all of you ghouls switch back from “you're a traitor unless you bootlick so hard your tongue goes numb” to “the government asking any questions about my offshore fentanyl casino is vile tyranny and I will throw mysel…

• @peterwildeford Peter Wildeford on x

  who would have thought that the AI that once inexplicably became MechaHitler for a week might not be the best AI to trust with classified national security work? [image]

• @ajvicens AJ Vicens on bluesky

  Demand for Grok within some fed agencies not that high, unless you're trying to act like a bad actor for defensive testing: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...  [image]

• @peark.es George Pearkes on bluesky

  TLDR: Anthropic is “too woke” per the White House.  The USAi sandbox only offers Anthropic, Google, and Meta models.  Grok has been questioned for reliability and safety by a range of civilian and military officials.

• @sarahbmyers Sarah Myers West on x

  A bit buried but worth noting - a reason DoD is more dependent on Anthropic's models is because it is seamlessly tied to AWS, which provides the JWCC (successor contract to Maven). Cloud dependency is a part of this picture.

• @sammcallister Sam Mcallister on x

  Proud to see the support of our colleagues at OpenAI and Google DeepMind. https://notdivided.org/

• @bdowney Brandon Downey on bluesky

  The era of Goog caring about doing the right thing at a leadership level is done, but glad to see Googlers realize what a precipice they're on.  Interestingly, it's possible to be an AI doomer, an AI booster, an AI skeptic, or an AI moderate and still think handing the keys to au…

• @theophite Rev. Howard Arson on bluesky

  if you are one of these people, as I was, you can afford to quit your job.  [embedded post]

• @mohammadonx Mohammad on x

  “we negotiate with 100s of tech cos, and this is the ONLY ONE we've ever seen that behavior from” is such a great anthropic ad from the admin. multiple normies in my life have asked me “if claude is like chatgpt” because they're seeing headlines about dario's principled stand

• @roybahat Roy E. Bahat on x

  Outside Anthropic's office in SF... intense moment! [video]

• @dowcto @dowcto on x

  Under Secretary Emil Michael (@USWREMichael) on the surprising behavior from @AnthropicAI during negotiations: “We were at the final stages—just a few words here and there—where we had agreed to what they wanted in substance. So it was very surprising... We negotiate with [video]

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  this story is insane. even before their concerns about “mechahitler and sexualized child imagery,” wsj says government insiders believe Xai's models pale in comparison to others great reporting https://www.wsj.com/... [image]

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Fast growing petition of OpenAI and Google employees showing solidarity with Anthropic vs DoW

• @ilyasut Ilya Sutskever on x

  It's extremely good that Anthropic has not backed down, and it's siginficant that OpenAI has taken a similar stance. In the future, there will be much more challenging situations of this nature, and it will be critical for the relevant leaders to rise up to the occasion, for

• @senblumenthal Richard Blumenthal on x

  The DOD's excuse for its ultimatum—Anthropic's ban on the massive surveillance of Americans—is disturbing to the core. Either it's a pretext to attack Anthropic, or an unprecedented assault of our civil liberties. Both are horrifying & demand hearings.

• @markwarner Mark Warner on x

  Why is Pete Hegseth trying to bully AI companies into giving him maximal control over powerful, potentially autonomous weapons? Does anyone really want the Signalgate King having this sort of power?

• @punkrockscience Dr. Stephanie on bluesky

  When even the AI company CEOs say “what you want is unethical and a bad idea”, it's time to sit the fuck down and have a serious think about what you wanted.

• @terigoodson Teri Goodson on bluesky

  Anthropic rebuffs Pentagon ultimatum, warns AI can ‘undermine’ democratic values  —  I'm glad to see it when a company does the right thing.  —  www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...

• @alphabetworkersunion.org @alphabetworkersunion.org on bluesky

  The Alphabet Workers Union joins with our allies in signing on to our joint statement and in calling on our employers to reject the Pentagon's advances and provide workers with transparency about contracts with state agencies including DHS, CBP, and ICE: medium.com/@notechforap..…

• @biltongbaggins @biltongbaggins on bluesky

  When the CEO of a company stands to make billions off of government contracts, says no to using their product because:  —  “In a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values”  —  Perhaps you should heed that warning?  —  www.washingtonpo…

• NewsMax.com Jim Thomas on x

  Report: Senators Urge Deal in Pentagon-Anthropic AI Row

• @alexia Alexia Bonatsos on x

  This is unequivocally what Steve Jobs would have done https://x.com/...