It's inexcusable that the AI companies have not formed a united front against this. I've been skeptical of the idea that OpenAI leadership is outright MAGA, but even pure self-interest does not explain staying silent while the Pentagon demands autonomous killbots.

"Until this week, however, Anthropic’s Claude product was the only model permitted for use in the military’s classified systems."

I hadn't realized. This does make me consider using alternatives more.