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 threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Feb 28

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.

Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Anthropic's response to the Secretary of War and advice for customers

Show threadfilobus
@rysiek I don't understand why you need to put Athropic on a moral stance, like on a solitary rebellion against warmongers. It's a corporation, it tries (maybe) to be decent, it's not our hero
Feb 28 at 8:19amWeb
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Feb 28

@filobus corporations don't try to be decent, corporations (especially in the USA) have legal obligations to maximize shareholder value.

I am pushing back against the interpretation I am seeing that Anthropic suddenly is "acting ethically" or has a "moral stance" here. It does not. It's a corporation. And its purpose is to make money.

Show threadfilobusFeb 28
@rysiek yeah, I simply dismiss those claims ad soon I meet them
It could be, it should be, but it's not influential in those days
To make the difference there should be a major change in political and economical situation
It could be a hope in a different landscape, but it's better not to hope too much, change doesn't come from one company