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> This article has nothing to do with the current tête-à-tête with the Pentagon. The article yes, but we cannot be sure about its topic. We definitely cannot c
by ruszki 8mo ago
> This article has nothing to do with the current tête-à-tête with the Pentagon.
The article yes, but we cannot be sure about its topic. We definitely cannot claim that they are unrelated. We don't know. It's possible that the two things have nothing to do with each other. It's also possible that they wanted to prevent worse requests and this was a preventive measure.
- tbrownaw 8mo agoThis is something they've been working on "in recent months". The Pentagon thing was today. This cannot have been caused by that, unless they've also invented time travel.
- ActorNightly 8mo agoYou heard about the Pentagon thing today. Doesn't mean it wasn't started because of political pressure.
- dmix 8mo agoPentagon issue was reported before today. It only made headlines again from Hegseth’s comments.
- mannykannot 8mo agoIt might have been contingency planning: you don't need a weatherman...
- brookst 8mo ago9 days ago: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-pentagon-anthropic-contract-maduro https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-pentagon-anthropic-c... And I suspect that was not the first time the topic was discussed.
- lurkshark 8mo agoMy theory is that Anthropic has been wanting to make this change and doing it now while they’re making a (leaked to the) public stand in the name of ethics was a good opportunity.
- brookst 8mo agoHonest question: why have an elaborate theory with no evidence when the simple facts support a much simpler conclusion? Anthropic is free to do what they want. I can’t imagine the board meeting where this triple bank shot of goading the government into threatening the company to do what they want.
- lurkshark 8mo agoI don't think it's that elaborate. I didn't mean to suggest they intentionally goaded the government into this confrontation. I figure it's a simpler "Oh look, we now have a good opportunity to make that announcement that we were worried about." Considering it's probably the same high-level decision makers on both choices it doesn't need a board meeting. And yes they're absolutely free to do what they want, but they're also not blind to how the public will view their decisions.
- SyneRyder 8mo agoDefinitely not the first time. Wall Street Journal reported it back on Jan 29: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ai-defense-department-contract-947d5f33?st=keFKGs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ai-defense-department-...
- lm28469 8mo ago> The Pentagon thing was today. Right because we are 100% aware of everything the pentagon does minute by minute...
- benatkin 8mo agoI think we can confidently claim that it is related. I wonder if I'm alone in thinking this.