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Anthropic Said No. OpenAI Said Yes. Here’s What That Actually Means.
You may have seen the headlines.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused to let the Pentagon use its AI for lethal strikes or mass surveillance. So Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump cut them off.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, stepped in and agreed to work with the Pentagon.
If you’re opposed to Trump, this sounds simple. Anthropic is the good guy. OpenAI is the bad guy.
But before you cancel your paid ChatGPT subscription and switch over to Claude, there’s some nuance here.
Here’s how it breaks down.
The Pentagon wanted contract language that would allow it to use an AI system for…
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