> This article has nothing to do with the current tête-à-tête with the Pentagon.

The article yes, but we cannot be sure about its topic. We definitely cannot claim that they are unrelated. We don't know. It's possible that the two things have nothing to do with each other. It's also possible that they wanted to prevent worse requests and this was a preventive measure.

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tbrownaw 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is something they've been working on "in recent months". The Pentagon thing was today.

This cannot have been caused by that, unless they've also invented time travel.

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brookst 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

9 days ago: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/claude-pentagon-anthropic-c...

And I suspect that was not the first time the topic was discussed.

	▲	lurkshark 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		My theory is that Anthropic has been wanting to make this change and doing it now while they’re making a (leaked to the) public stand in the name of ethics was a good opportunity.

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ActorNightly 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You heard about the Pentagon thing today. Doesn't mean it wasn't started because of political pressure.

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lm28469 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> The Pentagon thing was today.

Right because we are 100% aware of everything the pentagon does minute by minute...

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mannykannot 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It might have been contingency planning: you don't need a weatherman...

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dmix 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Pentagon issue was reported before today. It only made headlines again from Hegseth’s comments.

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benatkin 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think we can confidently claim that it is related. I wonder if I'm alone in thinking this.