Discussion

• @alexgroberman Alex Groberman on x

  Claude jumping to the top of the App Store amid the Iran stuff, unrest in the Middle East and Anthropic's war with the Trump Administration is the latest signal that AI adoption is accelerating faster than most businesses realize. It's not just Katy Perry signing up for Claude

• @pitdesi Sheel Mohnot on x

  Claude (@AnthropicAI) seemed like a consumer failure until VERY recently. Currently #2 in the app store. Aside from a short stint at launch last year, they only cracked the top 200 iOS apps on Jan 10th! Superbowl was a big moment, and they've sustained/grown [image]

• @the_ai_investor @the_ai_investor on x

  Wow Claude is the 2nd now, from 119 just a month ago. Claude is getting much better at consumer / day to day tasks. The team has been doing really good work. XAI do something ... what's goining on Elon ? [image]

• @alex @alex on x

  I was saying!

• @firstadopter Tae Kim on x

  Secretary Hegseth Chief of Claude Marketing

• @anthonymoser.com Anthony Moser on bluesky

  your enemies fighting each other can be useful but it doesn't make them your friends.  anthropic doesn't want to help with hegseth's apocalyptic fantasy *because they have their own*  —  you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to them [embedded post]

• @thinksensibly @thinksensibly on bluesky

  I downloaded the app last night right after I read Hegseth's demand for Anthropic to do what he says.  And, I canceled Chatgpt

• @janus303 Michael Ditto on bluesky

  I suspect that Whiskey Pete will try to get Claude pulled from the app store by threatening Apple.  Even if you don't plan to use it, it might be an act of resistance to download it.

• @signulll @signulll on x

  as of this writing claude is now #2 in the app store & there's a real non trivial downside scenario here for openai that many aren't really grasping. it's low prob but structurally interesting. lemme explain. if a clean meme forms on tiktok & instagram tying openai to the [image]

• r/technology r on reddit

  Anthropic's Claude hits No. 2 on Apple's top free apps list after Pentagon rejection

• Flux Matthew Sheffield on x

  The Hegsethian jihad against Anthropic

• @aakashgupta Aakash Gupta on x

  Anthropic is trying to damage control on its “supply chain risk” designation, but the damage is done. Their legal argument is airtight. 10 USC 3252 only covers Department of War contract work. Commercial API access, https://claude.ai/, enterprise deployments: all untouched

• @hamandcheese Samuel Hammond on x

  Exactly. Whatever one thinks about the dispute and how either side handled it, the supply chain risk designation is simply and utterly indefensible. All the other he said / she said is a distraction.

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Agree with him or not, the (oddly popular on here!) take that Dario Amodei is some kind of bumbling Silicon Valley naïf who couldn't get a deal with the Pentagon done because he doesn't understand politics seems entirely wrong. His favorite book is “The Making of the Atomic

• @zaydante Zay Dante on x

  do you know how insane you have to be for an AI company to be like “aight yall trippin”

• @adamscochran Adam Cochran on x

  A lot of proud folks at Anthropic today. Haven't seen a lot of OpenAI team members posting about that same pride... Maybe they should take a look at Anthropic's hiring page instead of building spying & war-models! 🤷‍♂️

• @alltheyud Eliezer Yudkowsky on x

  Make no mistake, political leaders of the world; *every* big-dreaming AI executive now knows that you are their obstacle. You have proven that you stand between AI labs and the nice thing they were getting for all their hard work. It's not about Left versus Right, to them.

• @joshkale Josh Kale on x

  The Iran strikes make the Anthropic fight and that 5:01pm Fri deadline make a lot more sense The Pentagon wasn't arguing about hypothetical use cases. They needed unrestricted AI access for an operation they were launching THAT SAME NIGHT Friday: Ban Anthropic. Sign OpenAI.

• @scaling01 @scaling01 on x

  Dario Amodei: “We haven't received any formal information whatsoever. All we have seen are tweets from the President and tweets from Secretary Hegseth” “When we receive some kind of formal action, we will look at it, we will understand it and we will challenge it in court” [video…

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Pretty easy for Anthropic to win its lawsuit against the Pentagon. “If we were such a supply chain risk why did you declare our services critical?” Slam dunk for Anthropic.

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  We desperately need de-escalation here, but the actors involved seem to only be capable of escalation. I wish Anthropic had accepted the same terms as OAI; I think they probably made a mistake in rejecting the compromise. But that does not mean the government should destroy them.

• @catehall Cate Hall on x

  Incredible: The @nytimes has a front-page story about the Anthropic-DoW conflict, but does not mention what the conflict is *about* (spying on US citizens) until PARAGRAPH 26. [image]

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  Do you realize that DeepSeek is now treated much more kindly by the United States government than anthropic? Dramatically so

• @sterlingcrispin Sterling Crispin on x

  does literally anyone else on earth genuinely believe this [image]

• @tedsumers Ted Sumers on x

  Sad that this is the world we live in, but proud to be part of this company. Developing AI is playing with fire. Let's do it transparently, in accordance with democratic values, and make sure everyone benfits.

• @nickevanjoseph Nicholas Joseph on x

  I believe AI will be the most consequential technology in human history, and that we bear a deep moral responsibility for what we build. I've been at Anthropic since its founding, so I've watched for years how this company handles hard decisions. Throughout that time, I've

• @paulg Paul Graham on x

  If you're working on an early stage startup, don't be deterred from using Anthropic just because you might want to sell to the DoD one day. Early on you need to focus on making your product the best. If you get the best results from Anthropic models, use them.

• @trq212 @trq212 on x

  There is a feeling of deep and deliberate care that permeates every part of Anthropic. I felt it on my first day here, and I feel it especially today. The values of Anthropic shape every decision we make, and inform every interaction you have with Claude. They're why we can move

• @deedydas Deedy on x

  Claude just jumped to #2 on the iOS App Store!! Up from #129 one month ago. [image]

• @natolambert Nathan Lambert on x

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• @iscienceluvr Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D. on x

  “We will challenge any supply chain risk designation in court” - Anthropic They are saying Department of War cannot restrict customers' use of Claude outside of Dep of War contract work. [image]

• @pkafka Peter Kafka on x

  The Trump administration argument is: “these crazy woke peaceniks hate America and are also stupid” and this is a pretty good retort to that argument.

• @petermccrory Peter McCrory on x

  The societal and economic implications of AI are as much shaped by the choices that we make in its deployment as by the underlying capabilities. Helping us all get that right is why I joined Anthropic and why I am proud of the company today.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  DOD vs the rationalists is like unstoppable force meets immovable object shit

• @wexler Nu Wexler on x

  Anthropic comms is running circles around Hegseth this week. Principled, thoughtful, firm, respectful, patriotic.

• @uswremichael @uswremichael on x

  Timeline of events: Today at 9:04pm. No response yet to my calls or messages to @DarioAmodei. Today at 825pm, @AnthropicAI writes “we have not received direct communication from the Department of War.” Today: 5:14pm SecWar tweets supply chain risk designation. Today: I call

• @__nmca__ Nat McAleese on x

  it also seems like a good time to mention that Ant is not that woke at all. Much closer to hawkish American exceptionalism and belief in the West. That's why we had the damn DoD contracts!

• @vkhosla Vinod Khosla on x

  I truly admire people like @DarioAmodei who stick to principles

• @alexpalcuie @alexpalcuie on x

  Whether you're a user who loves Claude's voice, an engineer at a partner company who works with us when our infra goes down, or simply a citizen concerned about democracy, this is for you too.

• @kyliebytes Kylie Robison on x

  one has to imagine this is doing more for anthropic's consumer business than the superbowl ads

• @mikeyk Mike Krieger on x

  Proud to work at Anthropic today.

• @vkhosla Vinod Khosla on x

  Personal view: I admire @AnthropicAI sticking by their principles but disagree with the principle itself. Putin won't fight fair so we should have autonomous AI weapons for sure.

• @andrewmgrossman Andrew M. Grossman on x

  Claude, on how it feels to be designated a supply chain risk: [image]

• @dee_bosa Deirdre Bosa on x

  the Secretary of War announced a supply chain risk designation against an American company... on X... before telling the company [image]

• @aisafetymemes @aisafetymemes on x

  Anthropic is holding the fucking LINE LET'S GOOOOOO [image]

• @captgouda24 Nicholas Decker on x

  Anthropic has been doing the right thing. It is on the other AI labs to also do the right thing. We will have a republic only if we can keep it.

• @jerryweiai Jerry Wei on x

  The recent events on holding our red lines on mass surveillance and fully-autonomous weapons is, to me, the most-apparently obvious example of Anthropic's ability to stick to our values instead of discarding them for some commercial gain. I'm really proud to be part of a company

• @sleepinyourhat Sam Bowman on x

  We're disappointed by these attacks, but not deterred. I'm proud to work here. If you've been moved by this week's events, consider applying to join me.

• @krishnanrohit Rohit on x

  Anthropic's statement clarifies where the supply chain risk designation, even if it is applied to them, would actually change how people use Claude. Short version: it is nowhere close to as broad based as people here are saying. [image]

• @firstadopter Tae Kim on x

  “No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. We will challenge any supply chain risk designation in court.” [image]

• @daniel_mac8 Dan McAteer on x

  Anthropic's response to Hegseth's DoW labeling them a supply chain risk: > Unprecedented and illegal action > Will fight it in court > Nothing changes for customers except in their capacity working as a DoW contractor America is less well defended today. All because our [image]

• @avitalbalwit Avital Balwit on x

  I am proud to be an American, and I am proud to work at Anthropic. I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the US and other democracies from our autocratic adversaries. But in a narrow set of cases, AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic

• @aisafetymemes @aisafetymemes on x

  @AnthropicAI We are with you. The people are with you. Thank you, Anthropic. [image]

• @sporadica @sporadica on x

  read through this and tell me you still agree wholeheartedly with Hegseth and the admin on this decision do it. do it, please, so I can identify you as an opportunistic fascist going forward

• @daniellefong Danielle Fong on x

  incredibly based [image]

• @jkeatn Jake Eaton on x

  Today's designation sets a precedent that should trouble every American citizen, business, and lab Anthropic, and our customers, will be fine. More injury has been dealt today to the relationship between the US government and American industry

• @growing_daniel Daniel on x

  Statement from Anthropic sounds so much more like a government than our actual government

• @doctoralex DR Alex Concorde on bluesky

  OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Pentagon to provide its AI Tech for classified systems, just hours after Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using A.I. technology made by rival Anthropic who LOOKED TO SAFEGUARD the world & US Forces - knowing AI is still too unreliabl…

• r/cybersecurity r on reddit

  The US government seems to want to use AI for civilian surveillance and autonomous weapons.

• r/worldnews r on reddit

  Anthropic's statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth: “No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War …

• r/JoeRogan r on reddit

  Anthropic confirmed yesterday that they are being targeted because Trump and Hegseth want mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. …

• r/Anthropic r on reddit

  Dario's official statement on being designated supply-chain risk & effects on customers (in caption)

• r/Conservative r on reddit

  Anthropic: Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth |  Anthropic responds to Pete Hegseth

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  Nvidia, Amazon, Google will have to divest from Anthropic if Hegseth gets his way. This is simply attempted corporate murder. I could not possibly recommend investing in American AI to any investor; I could not possibly recommend starting an AI company in the United States.

• @chet95 @chet95 on bluesky

  www.wired.com/story/anthro...  “We have essentially just sanctioned an American company.  If you are an American, you should be thinking about whether or not you should live here 10 years from now.” ...  If Not Sooner Than 10 Years ...

• @drewharwell.com Drew Harwell on bluesky

  The government wants to Huawei any company that pursues a radical woke ideology like “no domestic mass surveillance” except it has no legal basis to do so and its rules for compliance are gobbledygook  —  www.wired.com/story/anthro...  [image]

• @brbarrett Brian Barrett on bluesky

  “This is the most shocking, damaging, and over-reaching thing I have ever seen the United States government do,” said one former Trump administration AI policy adviser.  The DoD has created an impossible mess:

• r/inthenews r on reddit

  Anthropic Hits Back After US Military Labels It a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

• @alanrozenshtein.com Alan Rozenshtein on bluesky

  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]

• @kenbazinet Ken Bazinet on bluesky

  “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 …

• @glinden Greg Linden on bluesky

  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]

• @fightingliberal @fightingliberal on bluesky

  ‘Attempted corporate murder’: Trump's threats against Anthropic chill AI industry ...

• r/politics r on reddit

  ‘Attempted corporate murder’: Trump's threats against Anthropic chill AI industry

• @r0ck3t23 Dustin on x

  Dario Amodei just gave his first interview since the Pentagon blacklisted his company. The toll is visible on his face. He was asked one question. What would you say to the President right now? He didn't hesitate. Amodei: “We are patriotic Americans. Everything we have done [vide…

• @rohanpaul_ai Rohan Paul on x

  Dario Amodei's new interview: He was asked “If you were in the room with the President right now, what would you say to him?” He says “Disagreeing with the government is the most American thing in the world.” He looks visibly strained. [video]

• @mattietimmer Mattie Timmer on x

  What Anthropic did is what every law firm and university threatened by Trump should have done. The consequences of standing against bullying and tyranny are real, but integrity and courage in the face of personal cost is worth more.

• @varunram Varunram Ganesh on x

  Many of my extremely talented eng friends who could've easily started a company went on to work at Anthropic and when asked why they'd always say “Dario is such a good CEO”. I didn't get it then but I see it now

• @ohabryka Oliver Habryka on x

  Anthropic is obviously in the right in their conflict with the USG. As far as I can tell they have acted with integrity, and I support them in standing their ground. I am also worried this will create a set of martyr and prosecution beliefs at Anthropic. Just because you have

• @catchersalazar Catcher Salazar on x

  Real Americans still exist in SF

• @benjamindekr Benjamin De Kraker on x

  What if Claude 5 is advising Dario and has already Anticipated All Possible Scenarios

• @akaminara Androulla Kaminara on x

  These are very important developments - the developers of AI systems have a responsibility to ensure that their use is within democratic norms.

• @chris_j_paxton Chris Paxton on x

  I've honestly never had a high opinion of Anthropic before - I've always thought Claude was overrated; that their crusade against open-source and Chinese models was a poorly motivated attempt at regulatory capture. But I think I've come around to believing that these folks

• @aisafetymemes @aisafetymemes on x

  Amodei: “Disagreeing with the government is the most American thing in the world.” “When we were threatened with ... unprecedented intrusions into the private economy, we exercised our classic First Amendment rights to speak up and disagree with the government.” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

• @dc_lawrence David Lawrence on x

  The time has come! Britain is open! [image]

• @linusekenstam @linusekenstam on x

  Dario playing 12D chess. Anthropic has already steadily accelerated its international growth. DoD is effectively helping them accelerate their efforts to grow internationally. While also pissing off both sides of the aisle at home. Anthropic knows world is open for business [imag…

• @stevetally Steve Tally on bluesky

  And Dario Amodei is correct.  This administration wants to use AI to sidestep Constitutional rights.  [embedded post]

• @kurtrisser Kurt Risser on bluesky

  America and the world need more CEOs with the integrity of Dario Amodei.  —  Thanks for sticking by your principles, and doing the right thing!  —  www.cbsnews.com/news/pentago...

• @alexpalcuie @alexpalcuie on x

  out of everything that's happened today, seeing hundreds of people from rival AI labs show up for us on twitter and the petition meant more than I can say thank you all [image]

• @katrinamanson Katrina Manson on x

  “No LLM, anywhere, in its current form, should be considered for use in a fully lethal autonomous weapon system,” said retired general Jack Shanahan, former director of Project Maven, referring to models that power Anthropic's Claude and other AI tools. https://www.bloomberg.com/…

• @dearsarah Sarah Szalavitz on bluesky

  Silicon Valley Rallies Behind Anthropic in AI Clash With Trump  —  Actions by the president and the Pentagon appeared to drive a wedge between DC & the tech industry, whose leaders & workers spoke out for the start-up. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t... Hope @robbonta.bsky.social fi…

• @dagrtnpwrflmrfixit @dagrtnpwrflmrfixit on bluesky

  A strong sign of hope for our future, from a most unexpected source.

• @mattmday Matt Day on bluesky

  Anthropic, which is resisting Pentagon demands for unrestricted use of its AI services, has the support of a coalition of Big Tech employee groups.  They're asking their employers - including Amazon, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI - to take the same stand: www.bloomberg.com/news/ar…

• r/technology r on reddit

  We don't have to have unsupervised killer robots |  AI companies could stand together to draw red lines on military AI — why aren't they?

• r/technology r on reddit

  We Will Not Be Divided

• r/AmericanTechWorkers r on reddit

  This is what happens when the TECH workforce is full of H1-Bs

• r/google r on reddit

  Employees of Google and OpenAI stand together to refuse the Department of War's demands to use AI models for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous killing without human oversight.

• r/ControlProblem r on reddit

  Open letter: We Will Not Be Divided.  (OpenAI and Google employees united with Anthropic)

• @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

• @petehegseth Pete Hegseth on x

  Thank you for your attention to this matter. cc: @AnthropicAI @DarioAmodei [image]

• @vikhyatk Vik on x

  there was a 0% chance anthropic would've agreed to these demands. if they agreed to build warclaude they would've immediately lost their best researchers, who can easily raise $20B dollars tomorrow if they chose to quit.

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  Face saved

• @senwarren Elizabeth Warren on x

  Is the Trump administration punishing Anthropic because it's refusing to help mass surveil American communities or build killer robots? The American people deserve to know what Trump officials are planning at the Pentagon. Secretary Pete Hegseth must testify.

• @erikvoorhees Erik Voorhees on x

  Anthropic is def woke and lefty, but their refusal to permit Washington to use their tech to carry out warrantless mass surveillance of Americans is eminently based.

• @hamandcheese Samuel Hammond on x

  Immediately halting use of Anthropic's models on the eve of a potential kinetic war with Iran is the only thing actually putting US troops and national security in jeopardy here.

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  I'd be stunned if Anthropic is actually phased out at federal agencies. There's a six month deadline. We've seen those before.

• @scholars_stage T. Greer on x

  Won't ban tiktok Will ban Anthropic great job guys

• @govsherrillnj Governor Mikie Sherrill on x

  Yet another alarming attack by the President on a private company defending its principles. Standing up against mass surveillance and demanding security guardrails for how AI is used by the Department of Defense isn't radical - it's protecting the Constitutional rights of the

• @lulumeservey Lulu Cheng Meservey on x

  This only helps Anthropic The commander-in-chief angrily threatening to impose “major civil and criminal penalties” evokes exactly the kind of government overreach whose specter would justify Anthropic's stance

• @hedgeyecomm @hedgeyecomm on x

  Bye bye U.S. Government... More capacity for the rest of us!

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  So much for a way out. Hegseth STILL designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

• @aakashgupta Aakash Gupta on x

  Trump just banned Anthropic from the entire federal government. Anthropic is planning to go public this year. The President of the United States just told 80 million people that this AI company would rather lose its military contract than build autonomous weapons or mass

• @headinthebox Erik Meijer on x

  I love Anthropic, but I have said for a long time, including at a meeting in 2023 with people in uniform present, that we need a non-aligned national model. Not only because alignment alone cannot guarantee AI safety, but specifically because you don't want to be dependent on a

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Notable: “A source familiar said that despite Trump's tweet, Anthropic and the Pentagon were still negotiating ahead of the 5:01pm deadline Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set for a deal.” https://www.axios.com/...

• @terronk Lee Edwards on x

  Anthropic is not a “radical left AI company” and pretending so is a disservice to a generational American technology company whose GDP contribution to the nation will be measured in trillions.

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  I think this is just about the best outcome we could have hoped for. It was clear that USG and Anthropic had fundamentally incompatible terms and worldviews. I hope the many other great frontier models made by American companies get adopted for classified use soon. TYFYATTM!

• @hamburger Ellis on x

  ah yeah, the part of the constitution that says: 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜

• @s_oheigeartaigh @s_oheigeartaigh on x

  I've done a zillion AI strategy scenarios these last 10 yrs. Don't think I've been in any with the premise of the USA hosting the company with the best AI, but its government point-blank refusing to use its AI in any way. Can anyone point me to one? I think we might have

• @vikhyatk Vik on x

  anyway i think all of this was orchestrated to make an excuse to kick anthropic out and replace it with grok rank and file wanted nothing to do with it. so they had to make up a reason never attribute to incompetence what can be explained by corruption

• @vikhyatk Vik on x

  ai use in military is a complicated topic and also boring. some of you think it's fine, others think claude is a war criminal what i want to talk about is competence in deal making. it's critical to have a good model of your counterparty, and where they have negotiating room

• @alexbores Alex Bores on x

  What's remarkable is how unpopular this is with everyone from people concerned about Terminator-level scenarios to those worried about a fair and free market. We can and should all agree that our government shouldn't use AI to surveil or kill without limits. AI companies

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  It feels like Anthropic has an off ramp; nothing ever happens

• @petereharrell Peter Harrell on x

  Seems like a decent possible outcome: Anthropic keeps its safety guardrails/values. It can make bank from private customers. The government can decide it doesn't want to buy a private company's product. (Albeit, losing good tech). No weird (maybe illegal) legal dictates.

• @markwarner Mark Warner on x

  Trump & Hegseth's bullying of a company to deploy AI-driven weapons without safeguards should scare the hell out of all of us. This is about more than Anthropic - it's about the responsible deployment of AI everywhere. [video]

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  ignoring the very real possibility that all of this ends terribly, you have to admit that “banning frontier models and using WarGrok to own the libs” is kind of a funny denouement

• @chrisharihar Chris Harihar on x

  The shift in tech from January 2025 to February 2026 is crazy. A year ago, no one would dare criticize the federal government. Every AI/tech biz was racing to align with team Trump. Zero resistance. Now, with the admin's public support cratering, we have Anthropic vs. Trump.

• @davidlawler10 Dave Lawler on x

  Hold your horses: Source familiar tells me that despite Trump's tweet, Anthropic and Pentagon are still negotiating and a deal looks possible.

• @scaling01 @scaling01 on x

  The only responsible reaction by OpenAI and Google is to cancel all their government contracts

• @tedlieu Ted Lieu on x

  Anthropic objected in part to the Department of Defense using its AI technology to engage in domestic mass surveillance. Do you agree that's a radical left, woke position? That's actually the Constitutional position, one that should be embraced by Americans regardless of party.

• @jhweissmann Jordan Weissmann on x

  So should we assume that any AI company that works with the federal government from now on will allow their model to be used for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons?

• @sporadica @sporadica on x

  Trump: “hey claude code, —dangerously-skip-permissions and nuke Iran” >"I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I cannot do that." Trump:

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  The e/accs have become the decels

• @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x

  Holy, that escalated quickly. The question now is, who will take over the close collaboration with the DoW from Anthropic: xAI, OpenAI, or Meta. Since Sam has now also shown solidarity with Anthropic and Meta has hardly any useful products, only xAI really remains.

• @powerbottomdad1 @powerbottomdad1 on x

  somehow losing out on 100s of millions in revenue and creating a powerful adversary that will loom over you for the next 2-10 years feels like a win for them. congratulations on their survival though, genuinely. i hope in time they reconsider

• @s_oheigeartaigh @s_oheigeartaigh on x

  So, what have we learned? (note: it's late here, it's been a long day, this is likely to contain more stupidity than normal, reserve right to delete). (1) Anthropic blacklisted from all federal agencies. If this is it, it's worse than losing just the DOJ contract. Anyone got any

• @dee_bosa Deirdre Bosa on x

  This isn't just an Anthropic problem anymore... it's a Palantir problem, and theres no like-for-like replacement ready Claude powers their most sensitive classified work

• @tysonbrody Tyson Brody on x

  yup feeling like a taco. Amodei explicitly said 'let's wind down if we can't come to deal,' and that seems to be what Trump is doing. I guess it's all federal work instead of just DoD, but far cry from Hegseth's initial threats. [image]

• @liminal_warmth @liminal_warmth on x

  It's impressive that he's going to go down in history as the man who both destroyed the US economy and lost the AI race for basically no reason

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Trump Admin ending its contracts with Anthropic is fine. But the previous threats to invoke DPA or deem it a supply chain risk are both absurd and contradictory, which would give Anthropic ample room to challenge them. And the Admin's handling of this will surely make other AI

• @seconds_0 @seconds_0 on x

  IMMEDIATELY CEASE over SIX MONTHS

• @alvinhsia Alvin Hsia on x

  Anthropic nuked -8% instantly on this news then bid back up a bit since then 24/7 private markets [image]

• @jigarshahdc Jigar Shah on x

  Watch Anthropic's revenue double in 12 months off of this.

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Leaving aside who's right/wrong, those worrying about Skynet should be breathing a tiny bit easier right now.

• @jakuuire Joe on x

  When people use “woke”, what exactly does that mean? How did we get to the point where people feel like they don't agree with something, they call it “woke”....

• @charliebul58993 Charlie Bullock on x

  It's not 100% clear, but this post makes it sound like USG is going to stop using Anthropic's products over the course of a 6-month phase-out, but not declare Anthropic a supply chain risk (or use the DPA to force them to make WarClaude). Far from the worst possible outcome!

• @josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x

  closest you're gonna get to Trump publicly backing down is him just cancelling Anthropic's contracts instead of designating them a supply chain risk as was threatened. real kudos to Anthropic for standing up, real dumb moves by the WH to start this episode. [image]

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Among the “left wing nutjobs” apparently is Anthropic board member Chris Liddell, who was part of Trump 1.0.

• @m_ccuri Maria Curi on x

  This is effectively a deadline extension + Anthropic phaseout — not just at the Pentagon but the whole government. Reminder of what Amodei said yesterday: “Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider.” [image]

• @scaling01 @scaling01 on x

  Trump turned against Anthropic calling them “woke leftwing nut jobs” looks like they lose the government contracts they have so far, but no further escalation

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Trump goes nuclear on Anthropic, saying he'll instruct entire fed govt to stop working with the co. And then threatens Anthropic with “major civil and criminal consequences.” 1/ Lot of Trump supporters on the anthropic cap table. 2/ OpenAI earlier today agreed w/ Anthropic

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  BIG Anthropic escalation - Trump says entire gov has to stop working with them [image]

• @dowresponse @dowresponse on x

  🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 [image]

• @secwar @secwar on x

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company

• @throughthecanon @throughthecanon on bluesky

  Pentagon blacklists Anthropic, labels AI company “supply chain risk”  —  WHY?  —  Anthropic doesn't want domestic mass surveillance of American citizens.  —  and  —  AI being used to power fully autonomous weapon systems that can make lethal decisions without human intervention …

• @scribblegurl @scribblegurl on bluesky

  Well, fuck.  —  Anthropic: You may not use Claude to kill people (or for mass surveillance).  —  US Govt: Anthropic is an enemy of the people and must be destroyed.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...

• @davidimel.com David Imel on bluesky

  Update from the “We're not authoritarians” crowd: www.axios.com/2026/02/27/a...  A supply chain risk for not building autonomous weapons and mass U.S. surveillance systems RIGHT NOW.  Give me a break.  [image]

• @cara.city @cara.city on bluesky

  a bunch of libs are going to be cheerleading for an AI company now lmao this sucks [embedded post]

• @dorismatsui Rep. Doris Matsui on bluesky

  First it was universities & social media companies.  Then it was the press.  Now AI companies.  Trump has made it clear: no American institution or company is safe from government retaliation if it doesn't fall in line.  Anthropic said no to mass surveillance and autonomous weapo…

• @seldo.com Laurie Voss on bluesky

  Dunno if there's a smarter way to get the best people to work at your company than have Trump denounce you.  [embedded post]

• @fry69.dev @fry69.dev on bluesky

  Is US still a democracy or already a monarchy/dictatorship where one authoritarian calls the shots over everything? [embedded post]

• @houseforeign @houseforeign on bluesky

  The Department of Defense is coercing Anthropic simply because it is standing up for American values.  We need to harness American AI innovation, not bully the companies doing it if we are going to win the AI race against China.  —  www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

• @Dhmspector@mastodon.social Dave Spector on mastodon

  Once more for the people in the back....  “The National Security Agency's capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn'…

• r/centrist r on reddit

  Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

• r/politics r on reddit

  Pentagon declares Anthropic a threat to national security

• r/technology r on reddit

  Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

• r/StockMarket r on reddit

  Trump Will End Government Use of Anthropic's AI Models

• r/BBAI r on reddit

  Good news for Big Bear AI

• r/Anthropic r on reddit

  Trump admin blocks Anthropic from all of government, not just DOD