Strange juxtaposition with the war in Iran happening at the same time as the controversy around Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Pentagon. OpenAI has a post with the details of their agreement, which also includes red lines on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons:

We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic’s.

I’m confused about how Anthropic’s proposed contract differs from the contract that OpenAI has shared. If the Pentagon offered the same agreement to Anthropic, would they accept it? Lots of questions.

@manton The provided contract language only says that the DoW can’t cross those red lines “where law, regulation, or Department policy” says that they can’t.

That sounds a lot like “for all lawful purposes” with more words to me, which sounds a lot like “You’re not allowed to do things if you agree that you’re already not allowed to do them,” which is basically no restriction at all.

@manton https://x.com/i/status/2028048714368250308

@carljonard My reading is that OpenAI thinks the combination of existing rules (e.g. 3000.09) plus OpenAI’s safety checks will prevent autonomous use. That’s hardly no restriction. But we can’t compare with Anthropic’s language.

@manton See bsky.app/profile/masn…

@manton See https://bsky.app/profile/masnick.com/post/3mfxw72hau724 for some insights.