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• @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

• @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…

• @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...

• @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.

• r/singularity r on reddit

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

• r/programare r on reddit

  Uniți împotriva Pentagonului