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2026-02-28 02:40:15

rysiek@mstdn.social

Trump orders US agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in clash over AI safety
https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-pentagon-ai-hegseth-dario-amodei-b72d1894bc842d9acf026df3867bee8a

Would be super funny if that's what causes the bubble to start popping.

#AI #Hype #Anthropic

2026-02-28 02:47:19

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

rysiek@mstdn.social

Basically, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants to be able to use Anthropic's AI models for things Anthropic is not comfortable with: mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons.

Anthropic said "no". Whiskey Pete is throwing a tantrum, and Trump is supporting him in it.

This is highly entertaining on many levels.

One level is that a company peddling dangerous technology to fascists is suddenly learning the hard way how instrumentally the fascists treat them.

2026-02-28 02:52:44

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

rysiek@mstdn.social

Another level is that even in their rebuttals of Department of Defense (as it is still officially called!), Anthropic appeases the fascists by using the unofficial "Department of War" moniker:
https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war

That's one of the reasons why I am not taking Anthropic's pushback seriously. It's not about any actual moral stance, it's about being able to do business with the fascists while not looking too bad publicly.

2026-02-28 02:58:37

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 I'm surprised nobody seems to understand that in a democracy such fundamental questions about how far a nation can go in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, should be a matter for parliament.

This shouldn't be decided between a trigger-happy minister on one side and the director of a commercial enterprise on the other.