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dismalaftoday at 3:22 PM4 repliesview on HN

If Anthropic has all this data that Claude was being used by the Houthis to develop a missile guidance system, why the fuck did they allow it?

Linux follows international sanctions in not allowing citizens of certain countries to be involved in any way, why isn't Anthropic following the law?

Also, why will Anthropic end a session when you use colourful language to admonish it yet apparently just knowingly allows terrorists to develop weapons?


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ozozozdtoday at 3:29 PM

Linux doesn’t need to publish a dramatic headline multiple times a week.

Actually, no other tech company needs that either.

But Anthropic craves it.

chrisjjtoday at 4:37 PM

> If Anthropic has all this data that Claude was being used by the Houthis to develop a missile guidance system, why the fuck did they allow it?

Following Dept of War orders?

oefrhatoday at 3:45 PM

Alternatively, it's all made up bullshit. It's not like they're gonna be sued for libel, so they can say whatever they want as long as it suits whatever narrative they're pushing at the moment. "Look at all this scary stuff! (But we definitely didn't do any real damage!)"

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Hizonnertoday at 4:05 PM

> If Anthropic has all this data that Claude was being used by the Houthis to develop a missile guidance system, why the fuck did they allow it?

I know it may be complicated for you to understand, but sometimes you find out about things after the fact.

> Linux follows international sanctions in not allowing citizens of certain countries to be involved in any way, why isn't Anthropic following the law?

I know it may be complicated for you to understand, but people will try to circumvent any measures you might use to exclude "citizens of certain countries"... and will often succeed. That also applies to the measures Linux uses, by the way.

> Also, why will Anthropic end a session when you use colourful language to admonish it

Because a very significant fraction of "AI safety" is stupid. That particular kind of stupid "safety" tends to show up downstream of external pressures. Mostly from people who open with "Why doesn't Anthropic just...". Not to say that they don't also have internal sources of stupidity.

> yet apparently just knowingly allows terrorists to develop weapons?

Because, and do try to keep up on this one, rocket guidance is not necessarily "weapons", it's not always obvious that what you're working on is rocket guidance, and on the Internet nobody knows you're a terrorist.