No, market manipulation is influencing public perceptions of something the regime has little total control over - eg why Iran gets bombed late in the week, and then by Monday there is often a "peace agreement" in the wings. This is direct subjugation ahead of Anthropic's IPO - both for the customary bribes, and also to assert "you will obey all of our dictats about how we want to your use your models, and you will not speak up against the regime". The US is really no longer a safe place for business.

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godwinson__4-8 2 hours ago | parent [-]

How is arbitrarily restricting access to a flagship product ahead of an IPO not market manipulation?

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mindslight 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It is market manipulation in the way that burning down a factory or assassinating a CEO is market manipulation - technically correct, but the intent is much stronger than that.

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godwinson__4-8 an hour ago | parent [-]

I see. You certainly have a flair for the dramatic.

Not sure why you think market manipulation surrounding the attempted decapitation of a sovereign state shows less "but the intent is much stronger than that" than the dealings with Anthropic.

I would think it is clear that for the current administration, raw power and market manipulation are two sides of the same coin.

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