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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 layer8 »

Bombthecat wrote: post #563
uncletammy wrote: post #543

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not in software though. Clear precedent has been established via EULAs. Software companies set the rules and if users don't like, they can piss off. I don't see why it would be any different for the government.

Because it's the government? Companies need to follow the rules the government sets, if they like it or not

The government cannot set arbitrary rules, it has to follow the law. (And, at least with a functioning separation of powers, it cannot change the law arbitrarily.)

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

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Post by jibal »

zmgsabst wrote: post #500
j2kun wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a waste of your effort to apply rational argument to the actions of a group that are in it for a shakedown.

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It's bad faith to call one's position in a dispute "obvious", and that's before we even get to all the insults.

(What is obvious is the kind of response I will get, which is why I will ignore it and not comment further.)

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

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Post by prpl »

doug_durham wrote: post #533
prpl wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably yes. Additionally the (probably more for AWS) won't be allowed to use it internally either. This will probably apply to all the top SaaS/software companies unilaterally. Additionally, every major university will undoubtedly have to terminate the use of Claude. First on the list will be universities that run labs under DOD contracts (e.g. MIT, Princeton, JHU), DOE contracts (Stanford, University of California…

There is no evidence that what you say is true. A tweet is not a legally binding statement.

What part? Are you doubting that they are being designated as a supply chain risk? Or the implications of being designated as one?

We do have a recent example with Huawei, and it did fall just like this - and that was just some hardware.

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

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Post by fancymcpoopoo »

SubiculumCode wrote: post #264
_fat_santa wrote: post #230

The disconnect here for me is, I assume the DoW and Anthropic signed a contract at some point and that contract most likely stipulated that these are the things they can do and these are the things they can't do. I would assume the original terms the DoW is now railing against were in those original contracts that they signed. In that case it looks like the DoW is acting in bad faith here, they signed the original co…

I don't believe they can change the name to Department of War without an actor Congress. It remains the DoD.

Well I think we have an actor congress

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

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Post by laweijfmvo »

827a wrote: post #103

Its one thing to say "we cannot abide by these terms, so let's part ways", and its another entirely to respond this drastically. The Trump administration will look back on this decision as the most consequential in their efforts to win the 2026 midterms and Republican efforts in 2028. This is a $400B+ American company that has significant partial ownership from Amazon, Google, and other private equity sources; they j…

OTOH it could amplify their base: “Big Tech refusing to work with us on National Security matters!” The base will never hear what/where the red line was drawn, just that Some Company in California (liberal/bad) is being Woke and Political.

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Post by MiguelX413 »

RivieraKid wrote: post #495
mikepurvis wrote: post #23

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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.

Is making effective weapons evil?

Yeah

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

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Post by seizethecheese »

dham wrote: post #150
labrador wrote: post #17

Good. I'd rather not have my favorite AI from a company working on AGI to have murder and spying in it's DNA. In fact, as a patriotic American veteran, I'd be ok with Anthropic moving to Europe. It might be better for Claude and AGI, which are overriding issues for me. Rutger Bregman @rcbregman This is a huge opportunity for Europe. Welcome Anthropic with open arms. Roll out the red carpet. Visa for all employees. Eu…

AGI? My guy, it's a text predictor slot machine. Very useful tool but will never be AGI.

He said “from a company working on AGI” which is true. Not to mention that the sarcastic nature of your comment is off putting
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