Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Feb 28

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

Trump orders all US agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI

President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic technology after the company’s unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence safety. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also said Friday he was designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a move that could prevent U.S. military vendors from working with the company. Trump’s comments Friday came just before the Pentagon’s deadline for Anthropic to allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology or face consequences. Anthropic says it will challenge the supply risk designation in court.

AP News
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Feb 28

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.

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderFeb 28

@rysiek

I'm waiting to see if Anthropic caves to this naked, coersive, bullying.

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@Edelruth it will.

Shareholder primacy is a well-established doctrine in US law, at least since Dodge v. Ford Motor co. (1919):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

So, Hegseth threatens Anthropic with (effectively) corporate murder, this is bad for shareholders, shareholders can sue Anthropic to force it to cave.

I'm sure somebody will go into more detail and correct my simplistic hot take, but in broad strokes I believe it's correct.

Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. - Wikipedia

Feb 28 at 2:13amWeb
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderFeb 28

@rysiek

That works as a yardstick for me.

United Healthcare shareholders are suing United Healthcare:

"The group, which seeks unspecified damages, argues that the public backlash prevented the company from pursuing "the aggressive, anti-consumer tactics that it would need to achieve" its earnings goals."

NBC report, by Matt Lavietes

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/unitedhealthcare-sued-shareholders-reaction-ceos-killing-rcna205550

UnitedHealthcare sued by shareholders over reaction to CEO's killing

A group of investors sued UnitedHealthcare Group on Wednesday, accusing the company of misleading them after the killing of its CEO, Brian Thompson.

NBC News
Show threadGeorge BFeb 28

@Edelruth @rysiek

I thought I remembered that one specifically being someone who bought shares to make that lawsuit to get more press on unethical business practices or was that a different shareholder lawsuit?

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderFeb 28

@gbargoud @rysiek

No idea. Nothing to indicate that in the linked article. Rather the reverse.