Don't people get it by now?

This administration will do or say something crazy to a private company, then this private company sends an envoy to the White House to negotiate, then the White House asks for 10% of the company or other concessions.

The White House wants 10% of Anthropic.

This is just a negotiation tactic that Trump keeps on using.

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ceejayoz 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Precisely this, and timed to their upcoming IPO.

They did it to Intel a little while back: https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1748/...

	▲	estearum 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To add some context, here was the Part 1 of this mobster style shakedown: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/trump-says-intels-ceo-m... Remember to point and laugh at your local MAGA for electing an actual crime boss and giving him state power.
	▲	aurareturn 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yep. OpenAI isn't spared. They're most definitely next.

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dgellow 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Private companies subservient to the state, just the continuation of MAGA fascist development