OpenAI, Amazon Colluding With Trump Against Anthropic
Anthropic has become a target of the Trump regime with the enthusiastic assistance of rival OpenAI and even investor Amazon.
Anthropic has become a target of the Trump regime with the enthusiastic assistance of rival OpenAI and even investor Amazon.
They’re also getting hit by lawsuits from angry customers for putting limits on their $200/month plan.
Amazon Enlists Trump Admin Against Anthropic
Check this out from the WSJ:
The Trump administration’s decision to halt all foreign use of Anthropic’s most-capable AI models was prompted by conversations between Amazon.com Chief Executive Andy Jassy and U.S. officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, people familiar with the matter said.
Researchers at Amazon had used a series of prompts to get Anthropic’s Fable 5 model to provide them with information that could be used to aid cyberattacks and was supposed to be off-limits, Jassy told the officials, according to people familiar with the matter. Tech industry executives have been in regular touch with the administration about the power of cutting-edge AI tools.
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The officials decided that the most direct way to address that risk was by preventing foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing the tool, the people said. President Trump later signed off on the action despite reservations about its hindering innovation, a senior White House official said.
The administration had long felt that Anthropic, one of the leaders in America’s artificial-intelligence race, couldn’t be trusted to manage the security risks its new model presented. Friday’s call between some administration officials and Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei reinforced that idea, the people said. Some of the officials said the company indicated that it was unwilling to work with security experts in the government to address the issue.
