Or: He promised he’d be back…
The AI wars are about to begin. Anthropic has been banned from Federal contracts, along with any sub-contractors who use it — and now they are not alone:
“Hundreds ofemployees at Google and OpenAI are backing artificial intelligence technology company Anthropic, which faces a Friday evening deadline to give the Pentagon permission to use its AI system as it wishes or face repercussions from the department.
Employees who signed a letter alleged the Pentagon was trying to “get them to agree to what Anthropic has refused,” which could imply the Pentagon has inquired with the top AI companies about similar access to their technology. The letter is still accepting signatures.”
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5759106-google-openai-anthropic-pentagon-ai
Note that the letter is still open and accepting signatures.