h/t to Ed Zitron: https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mfxqjqoias2q
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WSJ
PATRICK SISON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools.
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic's Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed.
Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.
The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the
company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.
The administration and Anthropic have been feuding for months over how its AI models can be used by the
Pentagon. Trump on Friday ordered agencies to stop working with the company and the Defense Department designated it a security threat and risk to its supply chain.
Incredibly ballsy move to keep using their tech after you literally branded them a supply chain threat and implied you would take legal action against them, but that’s this administration for ya
(they did say there would be a six-month phase out period after which if Anthropic still didn’t comply, they’d force them to, but still)
They want anthropic to drop the guardrails because they're literally using Claude for their strategic planning...
The US went to war with Iran because Pete Kegsbreath asked an LLM. Jesus fucking Christ.
Military planners in Taiwan, SK and Japan are prob shitting bricks right now.
this truly is the dumbest timeline huh