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I understand that Anthropic has one of the most popular products in the market. But no one, especially the government, should get in bed with them, when anthro
by IG_Semmelweiss 8mo ago
I understand that Anthropic has one of the most popular products in the market.
But no one, especially the government, should get in bed with them, when anthropic leadership has a track record trying to use their early mover advantace, to effectively create an AI cartel [1]
I'm glad Anthropic is getting a taste of their own medicine.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-15/anthropic-s-ai-principles-make-it-a-white-house-target https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-15/anthro...
- vonneumannstan 8mo agoYou're smoking something funny. They have just shown they are willing to designate a US company as essentially a foreign spy agency because they wanted to try and renegotiate a contract and didn't get what they wanted and that's your reaction?
- IG_Semmelweiss 8mo ago>>>> willing to designate a US company as essentially a foreign spy agency Can you quote where I said that ?
- smarf 8mo agocan you quote where they claimed the above was your statement?
- IG_Semmelweiss 8mo agoYou are correct, but I can't change my comment now. I stand corrected
- mcherm 8mo agoYou wrote: > I'm glad Anthropic is getting a taste of their own medicine. I took that to mean that you support the Pentagon's threat which essentially IS to label Anthropic as a national security threat, simply because they wouldn't give the Pentagon the right to use Anthropic's AI to operate weapons or spy on American citizens.
- IG_Semmelweiss 8mo agoBig fish tries to use their might to kill off small fish . Anthropic uses big $$ it to become big fish in the AI pond. Anthropic just found there are bigger fish in their pond. I'm glad Anthropic have been reminded of this. THat doesn't mean I endorse the US govt using law to make companies a "national security threat" , although its an extremelt easy path from: monopolistic to -> active "national security threat". Govt can, and in fact, has a mandate to, go after businesses when those businesses threaten a functioning market. Threatening is certainly part of that arsenal. That's what anticompetitive rules are all about.
- vonneumannstan 8mo agoYou are deliberately or accidentally confusing a lot of things here. This is not some anti-monopoly maneuver by the... DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
- bigyabai 8mo agoI can't grok this comment. Are you pro or anti-cartel?
- IG_Semmelweiss 8mo agovery much anti cartel Any company using a huge $$ war chest to shower themselves in regulation, is likely trying to usurp market powers from the public -via congressional bribes- to themselves.
- buellerbueller 8mo agoYou have described here all of Silicon Valley, VC and Y Combinator lol.
- misnome 8mo agoHow is this different from… any of their competitors?
- IG_Semmelweiss 8mo agoAnthropic officially funds lobbyists in excess than other huge companies like Microsoft or Amazon. Its latest $20M outlay [1] alone is more that the spend of either company. Their lobbying spend combined is now on par with companies like META, which have tons of regulatory battle fronts (unlike Anthropic) [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2026/02/20/ais-biggest-builders-openai-anthropic-among-biggest-government-lobbyists/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2026/02/20/ais-bigges...