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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 dragonwriter »

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 can also classify it as restricted data -- like nuclear weapons technology.

Nuclear weapons technology is restricted under very specific legislative authority, where is the corresponding authority that could be selectively applied to a particular vendors AI models or services?

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

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Post by youarentrightjr »

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 Hegseth malapropism, which is why it's slightly disturbing that Dario continues to use it.

edit: To be clear, Hegseth didn't create it, merely has popularized its use recently. Eg his speech at Quantico last Sept

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

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Post by sixo »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #38
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.

this is false, it's been around for a while

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

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Post by seizethecheese »

This part stood out to me:

“To the best of our knowledge, these exceptions have not affected a single government mission to date.”

I had assumed these exceptions (on domestic surveillance and autonomous drones) were more than presuppositions.

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

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Post by kibibu »

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?

I always associate it with fighter aircraft

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

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Post by Shawnj2 »

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?

I’ve always heard this term in use from a defense contractor

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

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Post by bigtex88 »

sixo wrote: post #43
SanjayMehta wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

this is false, it's been around for a while

No it's 100% these idiots pushing their fascist propaganda just like they tried to "rename" the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Most members of the military never even see actual fighting.
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