Anthropic’s Pentagon showdown is drawing Silicon Valley into a larger fight

Top researchers and major tech companies are lining up behind Anthropic after the Defense Department blacklisted the firm, turning a contract dispute into a broader battle over government leverage.

The dispute between Anthropic and the Department of Defense is quickly becoming a broader test of how far the government can go in policing AI companies’ policies—and how much support those companies can rally from the wider research community.

A fair showing of top AI researchers had already signed a public letter........

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