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U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk

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romellem · 1790355755 · focus · HN ↗
Opinion by Katsas and Rao. For those that don’t follow this regularly, those are two of the biggest Trump hacks on the bench.
I suspect this will be reversed en banc.
Anthropic’s argument is really clear and easy to understand: we can’t simultaneously be a supply chain risk and also be a company the DoD demands we change our policies so they can use our models without restrictions.
1. CodeWriter23 · 1790358397 · focus · HN ↗
  Anthropic's policies are literally the supply chain risk.
  The DoD could have used the same authority to seize the technology if it wanted to. Especially in a time of war. DoD has instead chosen to respect Antrhopic's boundaries and has simply barred anyone in the agency from buying a product that comes with strings attached.
  This is 100% on Anthropic for product:market fit failure.
  1. solenoid0937 · 1790368787 · focus · HN ↗
    You've misinterpreted the situation so severely.
    The DoW tried to change a contract they had signed. Anthropic refused. That doesn't make them a supply chain risk (the wording of which implies "likely to sabotage" the government).
    CodeWriter23 · 1790376146 · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah, the DoD read the clickwrapped contract. GTFO
    solenoid0937 · 1790408030 · focus · HN ↗
    You do not understand how these deals are made! You think their lawyers didn't pour over every sentence?
    CodeWriter23 · 1790467128 · focus · HN ↗
    Which administration made the deal with Anthropic?

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