The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic sparks fears in Silicon Valley and the Capitol of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between DC and the AI industry
“The American people deserve to know what Trump officials are planning at the Pentagon.” — #AI@fightingliberal:‘Attempted corporate murder’: Trump's threats against Anthropic chill AI industry ...
The bigger context of the Anthropic-Pentagon fight is that it's the opening chapter in what will be a multi-year fight over to what extent American AI is nationalized. www.politico.com/news/2026/02... [image]
“Is the Trump administration punishing Anthropic because it's refusing to help mass surveil American communities or build killer robots?” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) posted, Politico reported. — “The American people deserve to know what Trump officials are planning at the …
This was inevitable. You can't control a bully by giving him what he wants. Complicity is seen as weakness and just leads to demands for more. They were arrogant fools for thinking they could control this. [embedded post]