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Anthropic Got Banned, OpenAI Got the Contract, Indonesia Got the Trade Deal
What Actually Happened
| # | Claim | Date | Entities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthropic was banned by the Trump administration after refusing to allow its services to be used for mass surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons. | Anthropic, Trump administration, US government | Reuters (archived) | |
| 2 | OpenAI agreed to work with the US Department of Defense. | OpenAI, US Department of Defense | CNBC (archived) | |
| 3 | OpenAI picked up the US government contracts that had previously been offered to Anthropic. | OpenAI, Anthropic, US government | Reuters (archived) | |
| 4 | OpenAI's founder has documented proximity to the current US administration. | OpenAI, US administration | Politico (archived) | |
| 5 | The public backlash against OpenAI over the defense contract was substantial enough to prompt a corporate response. | OpenAI, US Department of Defense | Business Insider (archived) | |
| 6 | OpenAI published a public response denying that its software would be used for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. | OpenAI | OpenAI (official blog) (archived) | |
| 7 | OpenAI's services are used by nearly a billion people worldwide. | OpenAI | Reuters (archived) | |
| 8 | Indonesia recently signed a trade agreement that ostensibly allows for personal data transfers to the United States. | Indonesia, United States | ERIA (analysis) (archived) |