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Buh-bye Anthropic...
The DoD just killed Anthropic, because they won't be able to sell AI to any company that sells something to the DoD, or to companies that themselves sell something to the DoD. In other words, they won't be able to sell AI to anybody at all, because no company wants to become a supply chain risk to potential customers who might have a DoD supplier somewhere down the supply chain.
Remember: the DoD initially approached Anthropic. Anthropic ultimately decided to reject their offer, so DoD killed them out of spite.
That's what totalitatian regimes do.
At the same time, they became a lot more palatable to the rest of the world and companies that want to avoid bad press / boycotts
The rest of the world is part of the global supply chain too. When it comes time to choose AI suppliers, companies will go "Uuh, maybe give Anthropic a skip just in case...", however palatable they may be.
Anthropic's tech would have to be overwhelmingly better than its competitors for AI customers to ignore the risk of losing potential business due to the supply chain poisoning effect of the DoD's classification, and they're not that much better.
That's the tragedy of the DoD's vile decision.
Companies these days do what is right for their shareholders and if Claude makes money, or appears to make money, then the shareholders are happy.