Anthropic Is Suing the Pentagon. OpenAI and Google Are Backing Them.

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The episode discusses Anthropic's lawsuits against the Pentagon and the support from OpenAI and Google employees.

Happy Tuesday. Little bit of a hiatus — a lot happening with the companies I'm running. Sometimes content takes a back seat. But today, that's not the case. This might be the biggest single news day in a while. The news cycle is insane right now in tech, especially as it pertains to first, second, and third order effects for founders. Let's get into it. Anthropic Sued the Pentagon — And Their Competitors Are Standing Behind Them The Anthropic-Pentagon story just escalated to a new level. Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits yesterday — one in Northern California, one in DC — alleging the supply-chain risk designation violates their First Amendment rights and exceeds the scope of law. They’re seeking a temporary restraining order to keep working with military partners while this plays out. The massive development: 30+ OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic. Among the signatories — Jeff Dean, Google’s chief scientist and the leader of the Gemini AI program. The brief is blunt: the government’s designation was “an improper and arbitrary use of power that has serious ramifications for our industry.” The Pentagon could have simply cancelled the…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Parker

Topics covered

• legal issues
• AI industry
• Pentagon lawsuits
• tech news
• founders advice

Keywords

• Anthropic
• Pentagon
• OpenAI
• Google
• lawsuit
• AI industry
• First Amendment
• national security

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Organizations: Anthropic, Pentagon, OpenAI, Google, Google DeepMind, Gemini AI