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>The ask is simple: let us use your models for anything that's technically legal. > Weapons development, intelligence collection, battlefield operations, mass
by andsoitis 9mo ago
>The ask is simple: let us use your models for anything that's technically legal.
> Weapons development, intelligence collection, battlefield operations, mass surveillance of American citizens.
> OpenAI said yes.
> Google said yes.
> xAI said yes.
> Anthropic said no.
Is that accurate? Did all the labs, other than Anthropic, say yes to allowing their models to be used for weapons development and mass surveillance of Americans?
Or is the poster overlooking some nuance?
- sejje 9mo agoI don't think the poster knows what he's talking about. He's not a reporter, he doesn't work for any of those companies, per his profile. I believe he's doing a lot of guesswork.
- queenkjuul 9mo agoPretty sure an LLM wrote it anyway
- malshe 9mo agoWSJ agrees with this story
- andsoitis 9mo ago> WSJ agrees with this story Link?
- wumms 9mo agoPentagon might ask contractors to certify they don't use Anthropic's Claude (wsj.com) 13 points by fortran77 20 hours ago | 6 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057294 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057294
- bb88 9mo agoHere's the link: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-02-18-2026/card/q-what-s-going-on-between-anthropic-and-the-pentagon--M04rUt0D0jPBWl54z7dQ https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-5...
- bb88 9mo agoThis seems like an easy google search. And after 15 seconds of googling, I see this: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-02-18-2026/card/q-what-s-going-on-between-anthropic-and-the-pentagon--M04rUt0D0jPBWl54z7dQ https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-5...