Oh, well today I learned. I had assumed that even the world’s dumbest government officials wouldn’t refer to themselves as being part of a department that doesn’t actually exist, but here we are.

Thanks for laying it out for me!

I think you missed some news. There is officially a Department of War again.

Edit: I am very wrong.

Also, mass surveillance. Not surveillance itself. And fully autonomous weapons.

Don’t get distracted by the birdy folks, Anthropic is not your friend, or some great protector of the American people. They were already deeply embedded in the US Government as their product was the only one certified for use with classified documents.

They weren’t standing up for us, they were splitting hairs on exactly how far they’d openly go.

I’ve also seen statements that Anthropic’s stance against fully autonomous weapons was simply due to results not yet being as consistent as they were comfortable putting their name on, not due to any opposition towards use in/with weaponry.

OpenAI also claims to have the same limitations. So someone’s lying.

While I’m glad they’re drawing a line, they’re only splitting hairs. Anthropic is already deeply working with the US gov.

You’re spot-on. As some additional context, Anthropic is already working tightly with the US government. Until the recent announcement regarding Grok, Anthropic was the only approved AI for US government work, as it is/was the only one certified for safely woeking with classified data.

I would start with making scripts to reproduce your current customizations on a fresh install, personally.

No way this lasts or holds up to basic scrutiny. End to end encryption is a de-facto standard for so fucking much technology.

Like fucking HTTPS.

Just another trillion dollars guys! Just another year and a half! I swear!