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President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

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Re: President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

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Post by lioeters »

Computer0 wrote: post #30
unethical_ban wrote: post #21

Imagine if a private company had developed the nuclear bomb, and said in its terms "This can never be used as a first strike weapon and must only be used as a retaliation against imminent existential attacks on the US homeland". I think a lot of people would have lauded the attempt by a weapon's creators to restrain the destructive potential of their creation. Separately: An opinion piece in the NYT suggested that An…

At this point I'm starting to wonder if the US military has only served to make my life worse, as an American. During my lifetime.

The rest of the world: First time?

Re: President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

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Post by mingus88 »

garciasn wrote: post #51
p-o wrote: post #38

The messaging is not normal, the intent is absolutely abhorrent. With every passing week, the rhetoric coming from him gets more violent: I'm worried.

Now you're worried? Come on. He is using the Bully Pulpit to try and pressure other companies to toeing the line. At least someone had the balls to tell them to get fucked instead of kowtowing.

He is also clearly in the throes of dementia, as his father was. It’s a common symptom of dementia patients to become rude and violent as their facilities slip away

If only we had a constitutional process for removing presidents from office as they become obviously unfit for the office…

Re: President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

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Post by xiphias2 »

For anybody who thinks it's about Trump vs other administration: it's not, both AI surveillance of all people and using it for automatic fight was just bound to happen.

The only question is whether the safety of the models were really done well enough to protect the people and be a net positive force in the world.

I guess if they would be safely trained to do more good than bad (how Dario and SamA said), there wouldn't even be a need for the contract terms.

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Post by abraxas »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #43
aaronharnly wrote: post #36

This is the Truth Social post, which the article quotes but doesn't quite convey the flavor of: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1161445529692... > THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military. > The Leftwing nut…

I mentioned his insane threats to Netflix earlier and tried to Google an article that referenced it. None of them linked or even broadly quoted it. There's been a concerted effort to hide the fact that the US President is posting insane shit every day for years.

The sanewashing of that nutbar from every media outlet in the States has been equally as breathtaking as the rants themselves.

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Post by smackeyacky »

simmerup wrote: post #16
aaronharnly wrote: post #13

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/us/politics/anthropic-mil... Text (it is short): > President Trump on Friday ordered all federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an order that could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work. > Writing on Truth Social, Mr. Trump used harsh words for Anthropic calling it a “radical Left AI company run by people wh…

Presumably the real world is all about hanging out with Russian oligarchs and child traffickers

And a payoff or two to the presidential protection racket. Nice AI business you have there, what a shame if something happened to it…

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Post by mingus88 »

Covzire wrote: post #58
aaronharnly wrote: post #36

This is the Truth Social post, which the article quotes but doesn't quite convey the flavor of: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1161445529692... > THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military. > The Leftwing nut…

Does anyone know (more precisely) what the military wanted to use Claude for and what Anthropic was resisting?

Their statement called out automatic weapons targeting and domestic surveillance as two lines they would not cross

Re: President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

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Post by adriand »

throwaw12 wrote: post #42

I guess Sama is happy. Also I wonder what's happening with democracy in the US, with this level of presidential control to mess up everything, is US moving towards dictatorship?

The US will survive this, despite being damaged, because Trump and his team are incompetent and he’s in a bubble and no one tells him what is actually going on. The GOP is going to get crushed in the midterms. From that standpoint, Anthropic may simply be playing the long game, and playing it well.
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