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Contract documents I obtained show that OpenAI and Google aren't simply selling a product, but working hand in hand with the Pentagon, advising the U.S. military on AI usage and risks, military AI strategy, and even receiving briefings on "operational missions." theintercept.c…

AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal theintercept.com
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  • All four contracts carry ceilings of up to $200M each and were signed in July 2025, covering classified network deployment under Impact Level 5 security requirements.
  • OpenAI's denial that 'minimal refusal rates' reached the final contract is directly contradicted by a DOJ attorney's on-record confirmation, which the Pentagon then walked back.
  • Refusal rates are technically tunable through model fine-tuning without any written clause, making the draft-vs-final dispute a legal distraction from a real transfer of guardrail authority to military operators.
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Anthropic keeps claiming it opposes authoritarian governments. Anthropic also keeps taking money from an Authoritarian government. It's a glaring contradiction the company refuses to discuss. theintercept.com/2026/06/06/a...

Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors? theintercept.com
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  • MGX, controlled by Abu Dhabi's royal family, participated in both Anthropic's $30 billion February and $65 billion May 2026 funding rounds.
  • Anthropic's May 2026 policy paper warned it is 'essential' for US allies to stay ahead of 'authoritarian governments like the Chinese Communist Party.'
  • CEO Dario Amodei privately called the contradiction a 'Comms Headache' from 'very stupid' critics, per a 2025 memo obtained by Wired.
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The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors

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Virtually no one who cites a need to "beat China" in the "AI race" ever bothers to explain what any of that actually means: what the stakes are, where the finish line is, why we're racing in the first place, what "winning" looks like, etc. Largely vibes-based techno-nationalism.

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