alt Hacker NewsQuite a lot worse. Both OpenAI and xAI were among the largest donors of Trump's campaign
Musk was the largest individual political donor of the 2024 election [1] and Greg Brockman was the largest donor to Trump's "MAGA Inc" super PAC [2]
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/06/elon-mu...
[2] https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/867947/o...
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_ache_ • today at 1:07 PM
If you evaluate fascism in terms of donation, yes.
But it is more about the political opinions, IMHO, and Anthropic doesn't sound more attractive than the competitors. Anthropic is very much to the right of the transhumanism spectrum (even if xAI and OpenAI are even farther).
You’re right, Anthropic is quite a bit worse https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthrop...