> Anthropic doesn’t want their software used for certain purposes

How do you know the government asked for a specific use case?

As far as I know, the meeting was private and we don't know what they talked about. I haven't found a single official press release or verified statement that supports this.

The verified statements I found are just about the government wanting unrestricted access. That alone is not enough to imply "no guardrails". As I mentioned before, it could be just for auditing (especially in the light of current events involving distilling of the models).

I think it's an extraordinary coincidence that this happened soon after the distillation thing. And I don't know what it means if it's not a coincidence.