This is hardly surprising given that OpenAI already signed a military contract. [0]
Where was the open letter then? No-one cared.
Recently, Claude was already used by the administration for the operation in Venezuela [1] alongside Palantir. Anthropic did nothing at the time and again...
No-one cared.
Now everyone cares when Anthropic finally said No? The decision for the contract was already predetermined for OpenAI, even with the open letter.
So the question is, why wasn't the open letter against OpenAI done last year when they signed that first military contract?
Either way, it seems that OpenAI and Anthropic were all OK with the US government using their models for warfare so really there is no point in defending both of them or even the employees who knew beforehand.
Where was the open letter then? No-one cared.
Recently, Claude was already used by the administration for the operation in Venezuela [1] alongside Palantir. Anthropic did nothing at the time and again...
No-one cared.
Now everyone cares when Anthropic finally said No? The decision for the contract was already predetermined for OpenAI, even with the open letter.
So the question is, why wasn't the open letter against OpenAI done last year when they signed that first military contract?
Either way, it seems that OpenAI and Anthropic were all OK with the US government using their models for warfare so really there is no point in defending both of them or even the employees who knew beforehand.
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/17/openai-mi...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/14/us-milita...