Subj : Re: Pentagon, Anthropic c
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Feb 19 2026 10:53 am

>  MP> Anthropic has voiced fears its Claude models would be used in
>  MP> autonomous weapons systems and mass domestic surveillance, with the
>  MP> Pentagon threatening to terminate its $200 million contract with the AI
>  MP> provider in response.

>  That might be a good selling point. "It's the other AIs running the
>  hunter-killer drones in your neighborhood..."

That is sort of my thinking, that this could turn into some free
advertising for Claude.  Makes me think better of them... like "maybe their
robot overlords will be a little more empathetic than the others...
especially xAI's!"  :D

I type this while listening to Black Sabath's "War Pigs."  ;)


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