{"id":9200,"date":"2026-03-05T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/dario-amodei-trump-dictator\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:01:00","slug":"dario-amodei-trump-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/dario-amodei-trump-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"Dario Amodei Says Trump Is a Dictator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei\u2019s insistence that the company\u2019s AI models may not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or directing killer drones has kicked up a major storm.<\/p>\n

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth and president Donald Trump came out swinging, directing all government agencies to stop using the company\u2019s software \u201ceffective immediately\u201d and labeling the company as a \u201csupply chain risk,\u201d sending shockwaves across<\/a> the entire tech industry.<\/p>\n

Very little love has been lost between the AI leader and the White House. In a leaked Friday memo to employees obtained by The Information<\/em><\/a>, Amodei ignited the powder keg by calling out the president \u2014 as well as his arch nemesis and fellow OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman for bending the knee.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real reasons [Department of War] and the Trump admin do not like us is that we haven\u2019t donated to Trump,\u201d he wrote, adding that \u201cwe haven\u2019t given dictator-style praise to Trump (while Sam has).\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true that OpenAI president Greg Brockman has donated $25 million<\/a> to a Trump super PAC. Altman also donated $1 million<\/a> to Trump\u2019s inauguration fund in late 2024.<\/p>\n

After talks between Anthropic and the Pentagon fell apart \u2014 a feud that reportedly started after Anthropic\u2019s Claude was found to have been used<\/a> during the attacks on Venezuela \u2014 Altman seemingly saw an opportunity to swoop in and cash in, triggering a major PR crisis<\/a> as a considerable number of users<\/a> accused the company of giving in to the Trump administration\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n

In the memo, Amodei also argued that \u201cwe have supported AI regulation, which is against their agenda, we\u2019ve told the truth about a number of AI policy issues (like job displacement), and we\u2019ve actually held our red lines with integrity rather than colluding with them to produce \u2018safety theater\u2019 for the benefit of employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether Anthropic will continue to hold those \u201cred lines\u201d going forward remains to be seen. As Bloomberg<\/em> reported<\/a> on Wednesday, less than a week after the memo was sent, talks between the company and the Pentagon have resumed, highlighting ongoing efforts to patch things up.<\/p>\n

If they were to bury the hatchet, Altman\u2019s attempts to shoehorn OpenAI into the situation could be greatly complicated. What that would mean for Anthropic\u2019s recent classification of being a supply chain risk remains entirely unclear as well.<\/p>\n

The feud put the military in a very awkward position as Anthropic\u2019s Claude chatbot continues to serve a critical function<\/a> during the United States\u2019 attacks on Iran \u2014 regardless of the president and Hegseth\u2019s clear-cut order to stop using it immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, this is about our warfighters having the best tools to win a fight and you can\u2019t trust Claude isn\u2019t secretly carrying out Dario\u2019s agenda in a classified setting,\u201d an administration official told Axios<\/em><\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Another source said that Anthropic doesn\u2019t want to control the Pentagon\u2019s use of its chatbot, a facet of the talks that apparently wasn\u2019t captured in the media.<\/p>\n

In short, now that the feud has grown into a major battle of AI companies trying to establish themselves as the ethical choice \u2014 if there even could be one given the atrocities<\/a> being committed in Iran \u2014 the broader tech industry remains unimpressed. Trump\u2019s decision to label Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a term usually reserved for companies being run by US adversaries, has taken Silicon Valley leaders aback.<\/p>\n

A Big Tech industry group, whose members include AI chipmaker Nvidia, Amazon, and Apple, sent a public letter to Hegseth, arguing that they are \u201cconcerned\u201d about the \u201cDepartment of War\u2019s consideration of imposing \u200ba supply chain risk designation in response to a procurement dispute,\u201d as quoted by Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The designation could \u201cundermine the government\u2019s access to the best-in-class products and services from American companies \u200bthat serve all agencies and components of the federal government,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

More on the feud:<\/strong> Anthropic Blowout With Military Involved Use of Claude for Incoming Nuclear Strike<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post Dario Amodei Says Trump Is a Dictator<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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