So they signed a contract, decided they don’t line the teens, now they’re trying to extort Anthropic and gaslighting to claim Anthropic is strong arming them?

I fucking hate this administration man.

Anthropic took a stance against their AI in weapons and battlefield management systems. The government wants that ability and therefore chose to ban Anthropic as a supplier for government systems.

Yes but they already signed a contract WITH the safety limits in place.

I get that obviously they would want them removed, bit that is not what they signed.

He doesn’t say anything about breaking a signed contract. Simply that Anthropic will be phased out and no longer used by the government.

As a corollary, I doubt Anthropic’s contract will be renewed when the current one expires.

Edit: Grammar

They deemed them a supply chain vulnerability.

That’s not the same as choosing not to renew a contract.

They deemed them a supply chain vulnerability.

This is the justification for phasing them out and (presumably) not renewing the contract. Happens all the time. Usually with less angry internet posts and more quiet paper pushing.

It’s one of the reasons DoD things can be expensive. DoD contractors aren’t allowed to use the cheap Chinese supplier, for example.