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Noah Smith

@noahpinion
239 posts
2026-03-08
The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-08 View on X
Bloomberg

A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic

Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …

By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-08 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …

This kind of scenario explains exactly why the DoW acted against Anthropic. If its AI gets good enough, Anthropic becomes the government. (The same is true of OpenAI of course)
2026-03-08 View on X
Bloomberg

A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic

Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …

By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-08 View on X
Bloomberg

A profile of Emil Michael, who made his name as an aggressive dealmaker for Uber, as he takes a leading role in the Pentagon's dispute with Anthropic

Emil Michael made his name in Silicon Valley a decade ago as an aggressive dealmaker for a startup — Uber Technologies Inc. …

The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-08 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …

This kind of scenario explains exactly why the DoW acted against Anthropic. If its AI gets good enough, Anthropic becomes the government. (The same is true of OpenAI of course)
2026-03-08 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …

2026-03-07
The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-07 View on X
Financial Times

A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models

The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …

By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-07 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …

This kind of scenario explains exactly why the DoW acted against Anthropic. If its AI gets good enough, Anthropic becomes the government. (The same is true of OpenAI of course)
2026-03-07 View on X
Financial Times

A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models

The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …

This kind of scenario explains exactly why the DoW acted against Anthropic. If its AI gets good enough, Anthropic becomes the government. (The same is true of OpenAI of course)
2026-03-07 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

https://www.cnbc.com/...Sasha de Marigny:Thank you, Google, for your leadership, partnership and continued support.  —  https://lnkd.in/...

The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-07 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

https://www.cnbc.com/...Sasha de Marigny:Thank you, Google, for your leadership, partnership and continued support.  —  https://lnkd.in/...

The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-07 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …

This kind of scenario explains exactly why the DoW acted against Anthropic. If its AI gets good enough, Anthropic becomes the government. (The same is true of OpenAI of course)
2026-03-07 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

They like to ignore the fact that the actual discussion is whether a technology with a 5% hallucination rate should make decisions about who to kill or not. …

By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-07 View on X
Financial Times

A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow “any lawful” use by the government of their models

The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies …

Someone is going to vibe-code the doomsday virus
2026-03-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Mozilla says Claude Opus 4.6 found 100+ bugs in Firefox in two weeks in January, 14 of them high-severity, more than the bugs typically reported in two months

By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-07 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

https://www.cnbc.com/...Sasha de Marigny:Thank you, Google, for your leadership, partnership and continued support.  —  https://lnkd.in/...

2026-03-06
By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-06 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

Noah Smith /Noahpinion:

The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-06 View on X
Noahpinion

The Pentagon is right in trying to coerce Anthropic as AI may become a superweapon and nation-states must have a monopoly on the use of force

Noah Smith /Noahpinion:

By the way, as much as I hate to say it, the Department of War is right and Anthropic is wrong. Here's why. [image]
2026-03-06 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …

The recent fight between Anthropic of the Department of War illustrates a deeper truth: AI is a weapon, and it might soon the most powerful weapon ever created. https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ...
2026-03-06 View on X
CNBC

Google and Amazon join Microsoft in saying they will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk

Google said it will continue offering Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology for clients, excluding for defense work …