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Anthropic's Safety CEO Is Reportedly Still at the Pentagon's Table

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Introduction: The Line That Did Not Hold

On February 26, Dario Amodei published a statement that read like a line drawn in sand. "I cannot in good conscience accede to [the Pentagon's] request," the Anthropic CEO...

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