Order Granting Preliminary Injunction – Anthropic vs. U.S. Department of War [pdf] (storage.courtlistener.com)

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[−] drgo 50d ago
"Nothing in the governing statute supports the Orwellian notion that an American company may be branded a potential adversary and saboteur of the U.S. for expressing disagreement with the government." Well.. we live in Orwellian times.
[−] kolbe 50d ago
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[−] striking 50d ago
Being marked an enemy of the state for disagreeing with the state to me sounds like thoughtcrime, plain and simple. How much more Orwellian can you get?
[−] dnautics 50d ago
i would call tjis administration many things, fascistic, shitty, corrupt, but it's not particularly orwellian.
[−] Finbel 50d ago
The whole fight with Anthropic was because they wanted to use it for mass surveillance (and autonomous weapon systems).

How is mass surveillance not orwellian.

[−] UltraSane 50d ago
It is incredibly Orwellian in that is lies constantly, loudly, and badly.
[−] dnautics 48d ago
an administration lied. news at 10
[−] enoint 50d ago
Where else do you get “truth is not truth”?
[−] esbranson 50d ago
Yes, more of this. (Direct, timely links to court dockets and documents on US Article III court cases.)
[−] droidjj 50d ago
Agreed! And shout-out to the people at CourtListener (the site hosting this PDF), who make millions of US court documents freely available to the public.
[−] ceejayoz 50d ago

> In light of Anthropic’s showing on the merits, and the lack of evidence of harm to Defendants, the Court sets a nominal bond of $100.

That must have been a bit of a goofy check to write.

[−] wat10000 50d ago
I understand why Anthropic used the name “Department of War” in their public communication. They want to be friendly to the people who like that name. But what the heck is it doing in an official court document? That’s not the entity’s legal name. It would be like if I sued IBM and named them “Big Blue” in my suit.
[−] jmward01 50d ago
I can't wait for them to ignore the order because they weren't legally named in it. "What order? We are the DOD. No idea who the DOW is."
[−] wat10000 50d ago
Their desire to screw with people is going to be in serious conflict with their desire to convince everyone their new name is real.
[−] enoint 50d ago
Or for Anthropic Claude to become Anthwopic Mad Dog Murdock.
[−] master-lincoln 50d ago
seems it is an official second title now according to https://www.war.gov/Brand-Guide/#:~:text=Use%20of%20Name,-In
[−] wat10000 50d ago
The legal name can only be changed by Congress. An executive order doesn’t override that.
[−] pugchat 50d ago
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[−] yubainu 50d ago
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