Google investing up to $40B in Anthropic

49 points by chang1 4 hours ago|8 comments

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tomhow 55 minutes ago

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47892074.

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ZeroGravitas 2 hours ago

Does this mean Google is a proscribed terrorist organisation or whatever the legal designation is and can no longer work with the US government?

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layer8 2 hours ago

No. Google can’t make use of Anthropic within the scope of their own government contracts. That doesn’t mean they can’t invest in Anthropic otherwise.

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infecto 2 hours ago

Was there ever anything more than a tweet from the secretary of defense? That holds no weight.

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layer8 2 hours ago

Yes, they’ve been formally designated: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war

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infecto 2 hours ago

Ahh yes I forgot on that. Still seemed like not much of any impact, blowing smoke.

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tomrod 2 hours ago

Does the EO actually hold any weight to that designation, or is that decided by the US Congress?

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neofrommatrix 4 hours ago

Layoffs next month to make up for this? /s