> anyone know what news it was reacting to?
Probably this https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-...
The Pentagon threatens Anthropic
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Re: The Pentagon threatens Anthropic
#12Point blank one of the most nakedly evil things the government has ever tried to do. Apparently Anthropic's sticking points were no using the model for autonomous kill orders and no mass surveillance...
The voters and congress tell the military how to use technology, not Anthropic. Shifting the decision to Anthropic takes away power from the citizenship.
Edit: The point is, go vote if you don't agree with what the administration is doing. Somebody will sell the DoD whatever they want no matter what Anthropic does.
Re: The Pentagon threatens Anthropic
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's just another good example of why everyone should avoid doing business with US companies.
Crazy to me that they don't expect this reaction. Between military threats and this, are they trying to slaughter the golden geese of things the US has going for it?
No, I believe they call this "winning" for some reason.
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#14I understand that Anthropic has one of the most popular products in the market. But no one, especially the government, should get in bed with them, when anthropic leadership has a track record trying to use their early mover advantace, to effectively create an AI cartel [1] I'm glad Anthropic is getting a taste of their own medicine. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-15/anthro...
You're smoking something funny. They have just shown they are willing to designate a US company as essentially a foreign spy agency because they wanted to try and renegotiate a contract and didn't get what they wanted and that's your reaction?
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#15Anthropic cutting off the Pentagon is saying in no uncertain terms that they support allowing the PRC access to frontier military technology but not the US.
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#16How does Hegseth believe he's going to out maneuver the company with the best "AI" on earth? Anthropic will run circles around him.
We know that the current administration functions like a cabal of sex-trafficking mobsters, so none of this is surprising; strong-arming is the norm, not the exception. I expect this to get ugly, and I hope Anthropic has the financial and legal resources to respond accordingly.
Re: The Pentagon threatens Anthropic
#17I understand that Anthropic has one of the most popular products in the market. But no one, especially the government, should get in bed with them, when anthropic leadership has a track record trying to use their early mover advantace, to effectively create an AI cartel [1] I'm glad Anthropic is getting a taste of their own medicine. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-15/anthro...
You're smoking something funny. They have just shown they are willing to designate a US company as essentially a foreign spy agency because they wanted to try and renegotiate a contract and didn't get what they wanted and that's your reaction?
>>>> willing to designate a US company as essentially a foreign spy agency
Can you quote where I said that ?
Re: The Pentagon threatens Anthropic
#18Point blank one of the most nakedly evil things the government has ever tried to do. Apparently Anthropic's sticking points were no using the model for autonomous kill orders and no mass surveillance...
The voters and congress tell the military how to use technology, not Anthropic. Shifting the decision to Anthropic takes away power from the citizenship. Edit: The point is, go vote if you don't agree with what the administration is doing. Somebody will sell the DoD whatever they want no matter what Anthropic does.
I'm sorry but the Pentagon already had a contract with Anthropic and is now threatening to use the supply chain risk law to essentially kill their entire company because they wanted to re-write the contract. They could easily just not sign the contract and move to a competitor. Its an incredibly disturbing and chilling move by the Pentagon...
Re: The Pentagon threatens Anthropic
#19Point blank one of the most nakedly evil things the government has ever tried to do. Apparently Anthropic's sticking points were no using the model for autonomous kill orders and no mass surveillance...
The voters and congress tell the military how to use technology, not Anthropic. Shifting the decision to Anthropic takes away power from the citizenship. Edit: The point is, go vote if you don't agree with what the administration is doing. Somebody will sell the DoD whatever they want no matter what Anthropic does.
If voters had any say in how software services were delivered, Windows 11 would be such a s--t pile.
There is a name for a system of government whereby a ruling party dictates how industry should employ its property, and it isn't democracy.
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#20Anthropic cutting off the Pentagon is saying in no uncertain terms that they support allowing the PRC access to frontier military technology but not the US.
Incredibly dumb take considering Dario Amodei has been extremely hawkish on China and especially about selling them chips that may allow them to catch up to the US level of capabilities...