Fwd from @. Anthropic bites back
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Anthropic bites back
The long-suffering Anthropic decided not to tolerate it and filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon over being assigned the status of "supply chain risk. " The conflict began due to the technology company's refusal to provide the military department with access to the Claude AI model for creating autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
In response, the Trump administration and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth effectively blacklisted the company, while simultaneously preparing an executive order on a complete ban on Anthropic technologies in federal agencies. Anthropic has already called the White House's actions "illegal retaliation. "
The company has a chance to win — typically, the "supply chain risk" status is assigned to potential foreign adversaries posing a threat to national security. The U.S. government may find it difficult to justify its position, since the Claude AI model was actually used by American military in preparing and conducting operations in Iran.
By the way, OpenAI, which didn't bother with ethics and rushed to fill the vacant spot, is also having troubles — cooperation with the Pentagon has triggered an internal split. Head of the robotics department Caitlin Kalinowski loudly left the company, stating that she has no intention of participating in the development of lethal autonomous systems without human control.
In short, the situation is far from resolved. Yes, the Trump administration, under threat of economic strangulation, has begun forcefully coercing Big Tech into cooperation with the military. However, companies that chose loyalty to the authorities now risk facing mass exodus of key engineers for whom ethics matter more than defense contracts.
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