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Sam Altman publicly claimed he shared Anthropic's ethical red lines on autonomous weapons and surveillance. He said it the morning OpenAI signed a Pentagon contract with no such limits. Those two things cannot both be true.
By Milo Hart · 3 min read
Anthropic refused to negotiate workable terms with the Pentagon and lost its classified AI contract to OpenAI, which signed under 'any lawful use' with no published restrictions. The company most invested in AI safety just removed itself from the one place where safety constraints matter most.
By Devon Reyes · 3 min read
Anthropic refused Pentagon demands to strip its AI of autonomous weapons restrictions. The government called it a national security risk. A federal judge disagreed. Every AI researcher should be paying close attention to what comes next.
By Crash Davis · 3 min read
OpenAI and Anthropic are releasing advanced cybersecurity AI to hand-picked partners and calling it caution. But a guest list is not a safety framework. Someone with actual authority needs to demand independent risk assessments before the next pilot launches.
By Milo Hart · 3 min read
The Pentagon's "supply chain risk" designation against Anthropic arrived 9 days after Anthropic refused to lift restrictions on autonomous lethal weapons. A federal judge called it First Amendment retaliation. The administration is still arguing its case in appeals court.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
The Pentagon calls it a supply chain risk designation. But Anthropic's blacklisting followed Trump calling the company 'RADICAL LEFT WOKE' on social media, and the contracts flowed immediately to xAI and OpenAI. The procurement decision is real. So is everything underneath it.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
Sam Altman clarified the terms of a classified military AI deal via a post on X. No congressional hearing, no public contract, no independent auditor. This is not a governance process; it's a company deciding its own homework deserves an A.
By Milo Hart · 3 min read
Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a supply chain risk and barred DOD contractors from working with it. No legislation required, no seizure necessary. The government learned that you don't have to own a company to kill it.
By Devon Reyes · 3 min read
ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro are, for the right user, genuinely worth $20 a month. That answer takes about three paragraphs to give. What takes longer is explaining the system you're buying into when you hand over your credit card: training data pipelines, a deliberate pricing strategy, and a two-tiered AI economy that nobody voted for.
By Audrey Liang · 4 min read