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highplainsdem

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6. Good! There'd been widespread condemnation of them loosening their core safety promise, as they

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:05 PM

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announced Tuesday AFTER that early meeting with Pentagon officials.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143621984

It looked like a step toward capitulation to Hegseth's demands, but if it was, the negative reaction to it probably made them realize they had more to lose by capitulating.

But the company said in its blog post that its previous safety policy was designed to build industry consensus around mitigating AI risks – guardrails that the industry blew through. Anthropic also noted its safety policy was out of step with Washington’s current anti-regulatory political climate.

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⚠️ Anthropic: "We cannot in good conscience accede" to the demands of the Department of War (* Defense) [View all] demmiblue Thursday OP

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Thursday #1

Yes! Take a stand for the nation and sue the shit out of the regime for any retribution. pat_k Thursday #2

They have no choice. surrealAmerican Thursday #3

YES ❤️ YES ❤️ YES ❤️YES Tim S Thursday #4

If the Pentagon doesn't like it, then they should use a different vendor newdeal2 Thursday #5

Good! There'd been widespread condemnation of them loosening their core safety promise, as they highplainsdem Thursday #6

I like the announcement. They spelled "Defense" wrong, though. nt Gore1FL Thursday #7

They did not Layzeebeaver Thursday #10

I thought WmChris Thursday #12

Aha I get it!!! Layzeebeaver Yesterday #15

I particularly like this observation: reACTIONary Thursday #8

In war games A.I. has opted to use nuclear weapons 95% of the time. OGBuzz Thursday #9

Apparently, this AI hasn't reached the Joshua level yet frisbee7 Thursday #11

Shall we play a game? COL Mustard Thursday #13

I hope it never does. OGBuzz Thursday #14