alt.hn

2/18/2026 at 4:50:43 AM

Pentagon might ask contractors to certify they don't use Anthropic's Claude

 https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/woke-ai-spat-escalates-between-pentagon-and-anthropic-433b7c5c

by fortran77

2/18/2026 at 5:49:19 AM

policy based model bans are gonna be messy to enforce. teams will proxy through vendor stacks and lose visibility anyway. better approach is auditable usage logs plus red team eval gates on sensitive workflows.

by umairnadeem123

2/18/2026 at 11:40:30 PM

The state department is proving themselves far more competent than the defense department. This just looks like further evidence to the poor leadership. "Pete the Pathetic" looks to be using ham fisted measures to try and make companies compliant to his will. Zero precision or intelligent application of force.

by SimianSci

2/18/2026 at 5:21:54 AM

This is part of Pete Hegeseth’s threat to cripple Anthropic because Anthropic stipulated that they cannot use Claude for mass surveillance or for killing people. Note that Hegseth and the defense department broke Anthropic’s terms when they used Claude as part of the Venezuela invasion.

by SilverElfin

2/18/2026 at 8:48:34 AM

> Note that Hegseth and the defense department broke Anthropic’s terms when they used Claude as part of the Venezuela invasion

Venezuela was executed precisely in part because Hegseth was sidelined. This is SecDef throwing a hissy fit because Rubio can run his department better remotely than he can running around trying to make homoerotic workout videos.

Claude is good. It worked in Venezuela. Sidelining it because Hegseth is being a snowflake is how we lose wars.

by JumpCrisscross

2/19/2026 at 5:25:06 AM

> Sidelining it because Hegseth is being a snowflake is how we lose wars.

Good news all around, then

by queenkjuul

2/19/2026 at 6:18:03 AM

> Good news all around, then

I dare you to find an era of history when the dominant military power losing wars it started worked out well for anyone. Its citizens. Its neighbours. Even its enemies, who may profit in the long run from the instability but still bear its costs in the short.

The best is peace. Second best is fewer folks feeling they have to blow shit up to soothe a wounded pride.

by JumpCrisscross