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Employees across OpenAI and Google support Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon

On Monday, Anthropic filed its lawsuit against the Department of Defense over being designated as a supply chain risk. Hours later, nearly 40 employees from OpenAI and Google - including Jeff Dean, Google's chief scientist and Gemini lead - filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic's lawsuit, de...

Employees across OpenAI and Google support Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon
Image: The Verge

On Monday, Anthropic filed its lawsuit against the Department of Defense over being designated as a supply chain risk. Hours later, nearly 40 employees from OpenAI and Google - including Jeff Dean, Google's chief scientist and Gemini lead - filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic's lawsuit, detailing their concerns over the Trump administration's decision and the technology's risks and implications.

The news follows a dramatic few weeks for Anthropic, in which the Trump administration labeled the company a supply chain risk - a designation typically reserved for foreign companies that the government deems a potential risk to national …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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