[jstummbillig]

> Surely if OpenAI had insisted upon the same things that Anthropic had, the government would not have signed this agreement.

Under normal circumstances, that would seem really plausible. But given how far Trump continues to go just out of spite and to project power, it actually is the opposite.

I am fully prepared to believe that they got absolutely nothing else out of it (to date).

[matsemann]

OpenAI was the biggest donor ($25 millions) to Trumps campaign. This is them getting their back scratched in return.