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I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by jacobsenscott »

lukewrites wrote: post #6

I admire Anthropic for sticking to their principles, even if it affects the bottom line. That’s the kind of company you want to work for.

If you're a billionaire there's no risk to "sticking to principles", so there's nothing to admire. Also that's not what they're doing. These are calculated moves in a negotiation and the trump regime only has 3 years left. Even a CEO can think 4 years ahead.

It's probably in Anthropic's interest to throw grok to these clowns and watch them fail to build anything with it for 3 years.

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by [deleted] »

mikepurvis wrote: post #23
lukewrites wrote: post #6

I admire Anthropic for sticking to their principles, even if it affects the bottom line. That’s the kind of company you want to work for.

It's also a very clear differentiator for them relative to Google, Facebook, and OpenAI, all of whom are clearly varying degrees of willing to sell themselves out for evil purposes.

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Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

kapluni wrote: post #183
onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good thing this administration will be a lame duck in 8 months, and they know it.

a very optimistic view

https://kalshi.com/markets/controlh/house-winner/controlh-20...

https://polymarket.com/event/which-party-will-win-the-house-...

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by tick_tock_tick »

thewebguyd wrote: post #121
coffeemug wrote: post #32

I can honestly understand both positions. The U.S. military must be able to use technology as it sees fit; it cannot allow private companies to control the use of military equipment. Anthropic must prevent a future where AIs make autonomous life and death decisions without humans in the loop. Living in that future is completely untenable. What I don’t understand is why the two parties couldn’t reach agreement. Surely…

> it cannot allow private companies to control the use of military equipment. The big difference here is that Claude is not military equipment. It's a public, general purpose model. The terms of use/service were part of the contract with the DoD. The DoD is trying to forcibly alter the deal, and Anthropic is 100% in the clear to say "no, a contract is a contract, suck it up buttercup." We aren't talking about Lockhee…

So what your saying is it should be removed from the military supply chain?

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

outside2344 wrote: post #249
NickAndresen wrote: post #15

"They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain these safeguards; they have also threatened to designate us a “supply chain risk”—a label reserved for US adversaries, never before applied to an American company—and to invoke the Defense Production Act to force the safeguards’ removal. These latter two threats are inherently contradictory: one labels us a security risk; the other labels Claude as…

The real question we should be asking is what others HAVE agreed to. Has OpenAI just agreed to let the government go crazy with their models?

Probably just gonna go all in on MechaHitler!

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by runjake »

> Anthropic’s stance is fundamentally incompatible with American principles.

I don't think that Secretary Hegseth is qualified to speak on American principles.

Cheating on multiple spouses[1], being an active alcoholic, and being accused of multiple sexual assaults and paying off the accusers[3] is fundamentally incompatible with being a Secretary of Defense and a good leader.

Also, this violates freedom of speech and will probably get shot down in the courts.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth#Marriages

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth plus multiple recent media pieces

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth#Abuse_and_sexual_...

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by thewebguyd »

Keyframe wrote: post #74

Anthropic’s stance is fundamentally incompatible with American principles. Come to EU guys, we'll prepare a warm welcome!

> Anthropic’s stance is fundamentally incompatible with American principles.

TIL Fully automated killbots and mass domestic surveillance are American principles.

I mean, I should have known but there's no clearer sign saying "leave the country now if you don't agree with this admin" than now I guess.

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by japhyr »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #68
johnbarron wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this the same Administration that reversed a previous block, and allowed NVIDIA to sell H200 to China?

Good thing this administration will be a lame duck in 8 months, and they know it.

That's part of why they are trying to take control of elections, which have (I believe) historically been the responsibility of each state.

Re: I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

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Post by pugworthy »

I imagine I'm not the only one to switch over to giving Claude my money today. I'm sure the "Other" comments for the cancellation were often as blunt as mine.

Q: "Is there anything we could do to change your mind?"

A: "Yes! Stand up to the current administration."

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