Discussion

• NewsMax.com Jim Thomas on x

  Report: Senators Urge Deal in Pentagon-Anthropic AI Row

• @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

• @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…

• @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.

• @adamrackis Adam Rackis on x

  I agree with Anthropic's moral stand 100%, but this is also true. If they were unhappy with the terms of the contract, they were free to simply not bid. The ego of Anthropic and their CEO is insane.

• @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.

• @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

• @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

• @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.

• @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]

• @sterlingcrispin Sterling Crispin on x

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

• @deedydas Deedy on x

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

• @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

• @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! 🤷‍♂️

• @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.

• @zaydante Zay Dante on x

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

• @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.

• @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

• @natolambert Nathan Lambert on x

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• @natolambert Nathan Lambert on x

  Every Anthropic employee proudly amplifying their company comms and 0 supporting Sama's weird scooping up of the DoW contract is pretty telling.

• @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.

• @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]

• @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

• @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

• @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]

• @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…

• @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 ...

• r/politics r on reddit

  OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash

• 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

• NewsMax.com NewsMax.com on x

  Anthropic: Will Fight Pentagon's Supply Risk Label

• r/politics r on reddit

  Pentagon declares Anthropic a threat to national security

• @davelee.me Dave Lee on bluesky

  Anthropic announces it will challenge the Pentagon in court www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...