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Google investing up to $40B in Anthropic

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Re: Google investing up to $40B in Anthropic

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Does this mean Google is a proscribed terrorist organisation or whatever the legal designation is and can no longer work with the US government?

No. Google can’t make use of Anthropic within the scope of their own government contracts. That doesn’t mean they can’t invest in Anthropic otherwise.

Re: Google investing up to $40B in Anthropic

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Does this mean Google is a proscribed terrorist organisation or whatever the legal designation is and can no longer work with the US government?

Was there ever anything more than a tweet from the secretary of defense? That holds no weight.

Yes, they’ve been formally designated: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war

Re: Google investing up to $40B in Anthropic

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was there ever anything more than a tweet from the secretary of defense? That holds no weight.

Yes, they’ve been formally designated: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war

Ahh yes I forgot on that. Still seemed like not much of any impact, blowing smoke.