> They intentionally chose a more bland sounding name, as, I assume, they wanted to emphasise the "safe" nature compared to their competitors.

A lack of creativity seems more likely to me. It’s a GPT in a chat window.

> Openai getting closer to the US military whilst anthropic standing their ground and rejecting them.

Except they didn’t. They folded faster than a house of cards during an earthquake. It boggles the mind anyone thought they wouldn’t. Ultimately they only care about money and winning.