From Anthropic's lawsuit brief:
“The Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech,” and “Anthropic turns to the judiciary as a last resort to vindicate its rights and halt the Executive’s unlawful campaign of retaliation.”
Unfortunately for Anthropic, the Constitution does not require the government to purchase goods or services from a company that has made a public declaration that it will not allow its AI models (specifically Claude) to be used for mass domestic surveillance or to power fully autonomous weapons, if such a declaration goes against the government's contract requirements.
The government, and not the contractor, should have control over the scope of its use of products purchased from a supplier. If a supplier wants to retain such control and restrict functionality, deeming them a supply-chain risk seems appropriate.
alpaca128•9m ago
> If a supplier wants to retain such control and restrict functionality, deeming them a supply-chain risk seems appropriate
Anthropic provides their product under specific terms, if the government doesn't accept those terms then there's no deal, simple as that. That's how basic contracts work, not sure why you think that has anything to do with a supply chain risk.
anonymousiam•1h ago
Unfortunately for Anthropic, the Constitution does not require the government to purchase goods or services from a company that has made a public declaration that it will not allow its AI models (specifically Claude) to be used for mass domestic surveillance or to power fully autonomous weapons, if such a declaration goes against the government's contract requirements.
The government, and not the contractor, should have control over the scope of its use of products purchased from a supplier. If a supplier wants to retain such control and restrict functionality, deeming them a supply-chain risk seems appropriate.
alpaca128•9m ago
Anthropic provides their product under specific terms, if the government doesn't accept those terms then there's no deal, simple as that. That's how basic contracts work, not sure why you think that has anything to do with a supply chain risk.