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Anatomy of a Shakedown. Trump floated taking "pieces" of AI companies. Days later, a national-security order forced Anthropic to switch off its two most powerful models worldwide—even its own foreign-national staff—on 90 minutes' notice. Security, or leverage?
@MatthewBerman Yes, I publically called this on the Friday night of the initial ban.
https://t.co/PLYgPXAWmn
The followed-up that next Monday:
https://t.co/Xi0X4lLDXI
Four elements of an extortion are on the record: coercive pressure, property worth hundreds of billions, a public demand, compelled compliance. Two aren't: intent, and the link. The full breakdown:
https://t.co/Xi0X4lLDXI
Anatomy of a Shakedown. Trump floated taking "pieces" of AI companies. Days later, a national-security order forced Anthropic to switch off its two most powerful models worldwide—even its own foreign-national staff—on 90 minutes' notice. Security, or leverage?
@scaling01 Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
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@spectator Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@AndrewCurran_ Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@DeryaTR_ Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@simonw Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@DeryaTR_ Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@BloombergTV@newley Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@PeterDiamandis Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@haider1@DKokotajlo Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@TheZvi Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@firstadopter Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@zerohedge Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@business@newley Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@TomDavidsonX Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”
@Grummz Trump did not merely endorse AI regulation. He publicly discussed taking “pieces” from AI companies so the public could become “very rich,” framed it as a “partnership with the American public,” then said he expected top AI executives to agree to “giving back.”