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EarthFirst

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5. Purveyors of AI don't give fuck all about any of that...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 01:50 PM

21 hrs ago

I mean; $200 million was all it took to abandon all principle related to privacy concerns?

“It’s not clear that Anthropic’s change is related to its meeting Tuesday with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth”

It’s patently fucking clear…

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Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon [View all] highplainsdem 22 hrs ago OP

Fuck UpInArms 22 hrs ago #1

My reaction, too. highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #2

This is precisely Miguelito Loveless 22 hrs ago #3

Wrong on too many levels to count... ultralite001 21 hrs ago #4

Purveyors of AI don't give fuck all about any of that... EarthFirst 21 hrs ago #5

Not just the $200 million, but the threat that Anthropic would not be able to do business and/or be... LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #13

Uggh. Peer pressure and the potential loss of the Pentagon contract made them cave muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #6

They sold out to Trump. May their company now wither and die. Scalded Nun 20 hrs ago #7

Its a bit more complicated..... reACTIONary 20 hrs ago #8

That was the first threat - to label them a supply chain risk. The second threat, apparently added during highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #9

Didn't realize they were threatened with the defense production act.... reACTIONary 18 hrs ago #10

Bad bad. mahina 17 hrs ago #11

Blue Hair Hegseth Called them Woke tonekat 14 hrs ago #12

Didn't we see this in Robocop? hunter 12 hrs ago #14