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• @arozenshtein Alan Rozenshtein on x

  The Pentagon's legal position is so bad that they're either delusional or they never intended to win this lawsuit. [image]

• @timfduffy Tim Duffy on x

  New piece from @lawfare on the Anthropic supply chain risk designation, they argue DoW has no case. Here is their conclusion: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/ ... [image]

• @charliebul58993 Charlie Bullock on x

  I agree with Alan's overall claim in this piece (Anthropic will very likely sue and win), but I disagree with his analysis on one important point. I think that Anthropic's case is actually even stronger than Alan's and Michael's analysis suggests, because the statutory “judicial

• @bengoldhaber Ben Goldhaber on x

  This was an excellent and in depth review of the relevant statutes and why the supply chain risk designation is unlikely to hold up

• @chorzempamartin Martin Chorzempa on x

  This @lawfare piece is worthwhile (and encouraging), suggesting DoW extreme attack on Anthropic is overreach that won't survive in court. We could end up with more narrow DoW policy that Anthropic can't be specifically a subcontractor on DoW contracts. https://www.lawfaremedia.or…

• @deredleritt3r Prinz on x

  This is a great article discussing Anthropic's likelihood of prevailing over the DoD's supply chain risk designation. TL;DR: Things are not looking too great for the DoD.

• @arozenshtein Alan Rozenshtein on x

  The short version: Section 3252 was built to address foreign adversaries infiltrating the IT supply chain. Congress designed it with minimal procedural protections precisely because it assumed the targets would be entities like Huawei and ZTE, not domestic companies in contract

• @atabarrok Alex Tabarrok on x

  “The specific actions Hegseth and Trump took have serious legal problems. The designation exceeds what the statute authorizes....required findings don't hold up...H's statements may have doomed the government's litigation posture before it even begins.” https://www.lawfaremedia.o…

• @austinc3301 Agus on x

  Lawfare just released this detailed analysis by Endrias & Rozenshtein, finding that Hegseth's supply chain risk designation of Anthropic has serious legal problems on basically every level. Key takeaways 🧵

• @petereharrell Peter Harrell on x

  In fact, as of Mar. 2 @ 1pm ET, I can find no evidence that Hegseth has legally tried to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk, suggesting that maybe the government suspects its legal case is quite weak... (Government does seem to be terminating its own direct contracts).

• @lawfare @lawfare on x

  On Feb. 27, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic—the maker of the AI model Claude—a supply chain risk to national security. Michael Endrias and @ARozenshtein explain what this designation does and the legal challenges it will likely face. [image]

• @christinayiotis @christinayiotis on x

  “ .. designation & the secondary boycott go beyond what Congress authorized. Section 3252 defines supply chain risk as .. risk that ‘an adversary’ may sabotage or subvert a covered system .. connotes an entity acting with hostile intent .” https://www.lawfaremedia.org/ ... @lawfa…

• @arozenshtein Alan Rozenshtein on x

  A deep dive in @lawfare on the many legal problems with the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. [image]

• r/supremecourt r on reddit

  Pentagon's Anthropic Designation Won't Survive First Contact with Legal System

• @thezvi Zvi Mowshowitz on x

  My biggest update on this was the willingness of DoW to make modifications in OAI's favor. Very positive and to me surprising.

• @katrinamanson Katrina Manson on x

  Anthropic didn't think developing the technology would cross its red line, according to one of the people. Although the effort could ultimately create lethal drone swarms, a human would still be able to monitor and stop the system if necessary, according to the person.

• @katrinamanson Katrina Manson on x

  Anthropic's submission focused on using its Claude AI tool to translate a commander's intent into digital instructions and to coordinate a fleet of drones, according to the person. It didn't use AI for autonomous targeting or weapons decisions, the person said.

• @chatgpt21 Chris on x

  I kid you not this is Claude's unfiltered reaction 💀 [image]

• @wesroth Wes Roth on x

  A bombshell new report from Bloomberg just added a massive plot twist to the ongoing Anthropic vs. Pentagon saga. Despite their public refusal to build autonomous weapons, it turns out Anthropic actively pitched a military drone project! According to insiders, Anthropic

• @gbrl_dick Gabriel on x

  we're in The Culture timeline and we're getting the knife missiles.

• @apples_jimmy @apples_jimmy on x

  Claude but for autonomous drone swarms. He's just a wittle peaceful Claude :3 [image]

• @provisionalidea James Rosen-Birch on x

  New scoop out of Bloomberg underscores how flexible Anthropic was willing to be about autonomous weapons — as long as there was a human somewhere in the loop, they were fine. Which may indicate just how extreme DoW is in their demands on this portfolio. [image]

• @morqon Morgan on x

  earlier this year, anthropic submitted a proposal to produce an autonomous drone swarm for the pentagon this was within their red line: “although the effort could ultimately create lethal drone swarms, a human would still be able to monitor and stop the system if necessary”

• @katrinamanson Katrina Manson on x

  SCOOP: Anthropic was among the AI companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to produce technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming, acc to people familiar w/ matter. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• r/ClaudeAI r on reddit

  Anthropic was among the AI companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge …

• @secscottbessent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on x

  At the direction of @POTUS, the @USTreasury is terminating all use of Anthropic products, including the use of its Claude platform, within our department.  The American people deserve confidence that every tool in government serves the public interest, and under President Trump n…

• @davidicke David Icke on x

  Any government that has a problem with an AI company not allowing mass domestic surveillance or fully-AI deployed weapons is a grotesque tyranny. But then we knew that.

• @brendan_duke Brendan Duke on x

  The same Admin that said efficiency was so important they fired thousands of civil servants also wants to ban using a leading enterprise tool at the IRS and other Treasury components because the firm won't let DOD use it for domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons?

• @mobav0 Mo Bavarian on x

  Anthropic SCR designation is unfair, unwise, and an extreme overreaction. Anthropic is filled with brilliant hard-working well-intentioned people who truly care about Western civilization & democratic nations success in frontier AI. They are real patriots. Designating an

• @chamath Chamath Palihapitiya on x

  This is an important moment for all companies: By picking only one model, you absorb that model maker’s institutional biases and idiosyncrasies.  If those deviate from your POV, you are taking on massive risk as we saw with the DoW this weekend.  No real business should take ki…

• @idontexisttore @idontexisttore on x

  AI you don't own shouldn't be running your wars. Ai you don't KNOW from the first line of code should never be implemented as foundation for robot wars.

• @joshkale Josh Kale on x

  OpenAI just won the biggest Gov AI contract in history but its employees aren't celebrating: One of their research scientists just publicly said “I personally don't think this deal was worth it.” And he's not alone 500+ employees from OpenAI and Google signed a letter opposing [i…

• @unbranded63 @unbranded63 on x

  US government purges superior AI platform as whore vendors line up to abandon ethics and donate to Trump PACs in order to secure taxpayer funded contracts. Cesspool.

• @steveguest Steve Guest on x

  Big move from the Trump administration. The government shouldn't be beholden to woke tech oligarchs like Dario Amodei.

• @mobav0 Mo Bavarian on x

  As an American working in frontier for the last 5 years (at Anthropic's biggest rival, OpenAI), it pains me to see the current unnecessary drama between Admin & Anthropic. I really hope the Admin realies its mistake and reverses course. USA needs Anthropic and vice versa! 🇺🇸

• @mobav0 Mo Bavarian on x

  I don't think there is an un-crossable gap between what Anthropic wants and DoW's demands. With cooler heads it should be possible to cross the divide. Even if divide is un-crossable, off-boarding from Anthropic models seems like the right solution for USG. The solution is not

• @adxtyahq Aditya on x

  “its over for anthropic” bro this is when the real game starts [video]

• @briantycangco Brian Tycangco on x

  All the more reason to use Claude!

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  The government punishing Anthropic because they won't agree to Claude being used to kill people is like punishing Glock because they won't sell you a gun that shoots the person to your left 5% of the time.

• r/technology r on reddit

  Senate's Wyden Pledges Battle Over Pentagon Ban on Anthropic