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Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

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

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Post by fzeroracer »

collinmcnulty wrote: post #15

This an extremely polite “fuck you, make me”. It’s good to see that they have principles, and I suspect strongly that Anthropic will come out on top here if they stand firm.

If the Trump admin so chooses, they could absolutely obliterate Anthropic in an instant. They don't really care about tricky things like 'legality' or 'the court of law', they could just force everyone to stop interacting with them, raid their offices and steal all their shit.

Perhaps they should've found their spine a year earlier; right now their only hope is that the admin isn't stupid enough to crash the propped-up economy over petty bullshit. But knowing how they behave, well.

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

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Post by strix_varius »

infamouscow wrote: post #6
throw310822 wrote: post #2

From the statement: "Secretary Hegseth has implied this designation would restrict anyone who does business with the military from doing business with Anthropic. The Secretary does not have the statutory authority to back up this statement. Legally, a supply chain risk designation under 10 USC 3252 can only extend to the use of Claude as part of Department of War contracts—it cannot affect how contractors use Claude…

They can also classify it as restricted data -- like nuclear weapons technology. Sure, there will be a court battle, but I don't think these companies want to take that chance. They'll capitulate after the lawyers realize that option is on the table.

> They'll capitulate after the lawyers realize that option is on the table.

Hopefully their lawyers read HN comments so they can negotiate with your deeper understanding of the legal landscape.

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

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Post by ok_dad »

Don't worry, OpenAI will kneel for the king:

> Sam Altman told OpenAI employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon that a potential agreement is emerging with the U.S. Department of War to use the startup’s AI models and tools, according to a source present at the meeting and a summary of the meeting seen by Fortune. The contract has not yet been signed.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188698

Fuck this authoritarian bullshit.

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

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Post by SanjayMehta »

silisili wrote: post #34

Not to intentionally sidetrack the conversation, but when did we start calling service members 'warfighters?' I've been seeing it a lot lately, but don't remember ever really seeing it before. Do members of the military prefer this title?

Around the time Hegseth was appointed secretary of war. It's a trump thing.

Edit: so it's been around for longer, but the Trump regime seems to love it bigly so I'm sticking with my observation.

It's a trump regime thing.

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

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Post by SoftTalker »

silisili wrote: post #34

Not to intentionally sidetrack the conversation, but when did we start calling service members 'warfighters?' I've been seeing it a lot lately, but don't remember ever really seeing it before. Do members of the military prefer this title?

It's a term that's been used at least back to the Bush 43 administration, probably older than that.

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

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Post by verdverm »

fzeroracer wrote: post #33
collinmcnulty wrote: post #15

This an extremely polite “fuck you, make me”. It’s good to see that they have principles, and I suspect strongly that Anthropic will come out on top here if they stand firm.

If the Trump admin so chooses, they could absolutely obliterate Anthropic in an instant. They don't really care about tricky things like 'legality' or 'the court of law', they could just force everyone to stop interacting with them, raid their offices and steal all their shit. Perhaps they should've found their spine a year earlier; right now their only hope is that the admin isn't stupid enough to crash the propped-…

The Epstein administration has a very poor success record in court, I would expect Anthropic to win on vindictive prosecution or similar.
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