Hi everyone, As you may know, the US government has had a contract with Anthropic for some time now. Recently, the Pentagon pushed to change the terms, wanting to use Claude for mass domestic surveillance of Americans and autonomous weapons. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said no. His exact words: “We cannot in good conscience accede to their request.” Trump responded by ordering every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic’s technology, labeling the company a national security risk and even threatening civil and criminal consequences. Hours later, OpenAI announced it had signed a deal with the Pentagon to fill the void. You can clearly see where these two companies stand. One says: not in good conscience. The other: deal signed, see you Monday. What I find fascinating is Amodei’s specific choice of the word conscience, because it’s my belief that people like Sam Altman operate without one. They are chameleons. They shift with the environment, optimizing for opportunity regardless of whether it is ethical or not. Altman even publicly declared he shared Anthropic’s “red lines” on surveillance and autonomous weapons that same morning. By evening, his company had a Pentagon contract. That tells you everything. submitted by /u/forevergeeks
Originally posted by u/forevergeeks on r/ArtificialInteligence