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Anthropic Held Its Red Lines and the Pentagon Called That a Security Threat

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

Tech & AI

The Pentagon Just Made AI Ethics a Firing Offense

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

Culture

Campus Free Speech Events Are a Product, Not a Principle

Justin Booker's flyers went up on March 13, came down the same day, and made national headlines by March 14. FIRE issued a formal demand. Campbell issued a statement. Nobody changed their mind about anything. That is the campus free speech economy working exactly as designed.

By Zara Mitchell · 3 min read