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I hope Anthropic sues Pete Hegseth.
Anthropic's CEO turned down the Pentagon's request to make changes to their AI software to allow AI to make life and death decisions without human oversight. They also refused to allow the AI to be used for mass surveillance
It's the responsible decision, but Anthropic was blackballed by the Pentagon. That much I can understand, but Hegseth took it further by saying that they believe Anthropic is a national security risk so not only can no government agency work with them, but any private company that works with them will be denied government contracts.
And for that last bit, Hegseth goes too far and should be sued. Anthropic made the moral choice and the Trump administration wants to destroy them for it, probably to set an example.
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Compare, for example, Apple, which under Tim Cook has become an enforcement arm for the fascist state.
They have lost all future purchases, and a (former) advocate who dates from the Apple-1 days, when PRINCIPLED people led the company.
https://daringfireball.net/2026/02/my_2025_apple_report_card
He also kicked the ICEout app from the app store and is rolling out "age" verification, which collects enough information to dox LBGTQ+ persons, immigrants, and other vulnerable people who WILL SOON BE WEARING TRIANGLES thanks to techies with no spine.
Call me when this tool of fascism is gone.
Hey, TIm,
If you hadn't kissed up to this tyrant, I'd have bought a new mac mini and a laptop.
Now, I recommend linux exclusively.
The frontier lab is being forced to choose between its values and the world’s most powerful military. CNBC describes it as a “Lose-Lose Scenario”:
Comply and lose credibility, talent, and your core differentiator.
Refuse, and lose billions.
But if history is any indication, principled defiance (when authentic) is one of the highest-ROI bets you can take.
Comply and lose credibility, talent, and your core differentiator.
Refuse, and lose billions.
But if history is any indication, principled defiance (when authentic) is one of the highest-ROI bets you can take.
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Compare, for example, Apple, which under Tim Cook has become an enforcement arm for the fascist state.
They have lost all future purchases, and a (former) advocate who dates from the Apple-1 days, when PRINCIPLED people led the company.
https://daringfireball.net/2026/02/my_2025_apple_report_card
Tim Cook is in an excruciatingly difficult position regarding the Trump 2.0 administration. But that’s his job. He’s clearly attempting to take the same tack he took with the Trump 1.0 administration from 2017–2020, which, in hindsight, he navigated with aplomb. To wit: staying above the fray, keeping Apple true to its institutional values while keeping it out of President Trump’s wrath.
But the Trump 2.0 administration isn’t anything like the 1.0 administration. Cook, addressing employee concerns back in 2016 regarding his participation in then-President-elect Trump’s “tech summit”, said, “There’s a large number of those issues, and the way that you advance them is to engage. Personally, I’ve never found being on the sideline a successful place to be.”
“Awarding” Donald Trump a 24-karat gold trophy emblazoned with the Apple logo in August 2025 — after seeing eight months of Trump 2.0 in action — wasn’t “engagement” or “getting off the sideline”. It was obsequious complicity with a regime that is clearly destined for historical infamy. Cook’s continued strategy of “engagement” risks not only his personal legacy, but the reputation of the company itself.
But the Trump 2.0 administration isn’t anything like the 1.0 administration. Cook, addressing employee concerns back in 2016 regarding his participation in then-President-elect Trump’s “tech summit”, said, “There’s a large number of those issues, and the way that you advance them is to engage. Personally, I’ve never found being on the sideline a successful place to be.”
“Awarding” Donald Trump a 24-karat gold trophy emblazoned with the Apple logo in August 2025 — after seeing eight months of Trump 2.0 in action — wasn’t “engagement” or “getting off the sideline”. It was obsequious complicity with a regime that is clearly destined for historical infamy. Cook’s continued strategy of “engagement” risks not only his personal legacy, but the reputation of the company itself.
He also kicked the ICEout app from the app store and is rolling out "age" verification, which collects enough information to dox LBGTQ+ persons, immigrants, and other vulnerable people who WILL SOON BE WEARING TRIANGLES thanks to techies with no spine.
Call me when this tool of fascism is gone.
Hey, TIm,
If you hadn't kissed up to this tyrant, I'd have bought a new mac mini and a laptop.
Now, I recommend linux exclusively.
