[reactordev]

This. This is a public misdirection. They already signed a new deal. It may be to their disliking but nothing in the statement prevents them from moving forward.

[uncletammy]

That is speculation. You might be correct but this statement could simply be a strong signal to the administration to back down. A hail Mary.

[abustamam]

Isn't that what we're all doing in this thread? We could certainly take the document at face value but as a parent commenter said, almost every company starts off with "don't be evil" then goes and does evil things.

Is anthropic different? Maybe. But personally I don't see any indication to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[5o1ecist]

> ... to back down.

Or else what?