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The CEO of the most advanced AI company in America just went on national television (Save this)

Hours after his company was blacklisted by the US government.

Here's what he said.

Dario Amodei built the only AI deployed inside the Pentagon's classified networks.

His company helped run military operations, intelligence, cyber defense.

Then the government told him to drop all safety limits.

He said no to two things.

Just two.

"One is domestic mass surveillance."

He explained: the government can already buy your location data, your browsing history, your political affiliations from private companies.

AI makes it possible to analyze all of it.

On every American, all at once.

"That actually isn't illegal. It was just never useful before the era of AI."

"Case number two is fully autonomous weapons."

Not the drones used in Ukraine and the remote-controlled systems.

Weapons that select targets and fire without a single human pressing a button.

"The AI systems of today are nowhere near reliable enough."

"We don't want to sell something that could get our own people killed or that could get innocent people killed."

He approved 98% of what the Pentagon wanted.

"No one on the ground has actually run into the limits of any of these exceptions."

The government wasn't fighting over something it needed.

It was fighting over the right to have no limits at all.

They gave him three days.

He said no.

So the President called his company "radical left woke."

Then ordered every federal agency to stop using their technology.

Then the Pentagon labeled them a national security risk.

A designation that has only ever been used against foreign enemies.

When asked if he'd received any formal legal action, he said this:

"All we've seen are tweets from the president and tweets from Secretary Hegseth."

No letter, filing or a legal document.

"When we receive some kind of formal action, we will look at it, we will understand it, and we will challenge it in court."

He said the Defense Secretary lied about the law.

Hegseth tweeted that any company with military contracts can't do business with Anthropic "at all."

Amodei: "That is not what the law said."

"The nature of the tweet was designed to create fear, uncertainty, and doubt."

Asked if this was an abuse of power, he paused.

Then said:

"This designation has never happened before with an American company."

"It was made very clear that this was retaliatory and punitive."

"I don't know what else to call it."

Asked if Anthropic could survive, he didn't hesitate.

"Not only survive it. We're gonna be fine."

Then the final question.

"If you had a moment with the President right now tonight, what would you say to him?"

"We are patriotic Americans."

"Everything we have done has been for the sake of this country."

"The red lines we have drawn, we drew because we believe that crossing those red lines is contrary to American values."

"Disagreeing with the government is the most American thing in the world."

"And we are patriots."

A CEO just went on national television and told the President of the United States:

You can blacklist us.

You can call us names.

You can threaten our business through tweets.

But we will not build machines that spy on Americans or kill without human hands.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Activity of U.S. Air Force assets near the Strait of Hormuz, visible via @flightradar24 a short time ago, shows at least 4 KC-135 "Stratotankers" and 3 KC-46A "Pegasus" active following U.S. airstrikes in Iran.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

According to Fox News’ @JenGriffinFNC, last night, following the U.S. retaliatory strikes against select targets inside Iran, Iran responded by striking U.S. forces in Bahrain. Per the report, 9 one-way attack drones were shot down during the wave of strikes and no damage or injuries were reported.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

In the aftermath of the twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck Northern Venezuela, just under 1,500 people have new been reported dead and 3,200 injured, as rescue operations continue at a fevered pace.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

In a release from the U.S. State Department, footage shows personnel from USA-01 elite heavy urban search-and-rescue teams rescue a baby from the debris of a collapsed building in Venezuela. Search and rescue operations, supported by U.S. and other nations, continue, following the twin earthquakes that devastated Northern Venezuela.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Following reports of Iraqi armor activity in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, reports also indicate that a number of politicians, including Sunni politician Muthanna al-Samarrai, have been arrested. Per reports from local media, the crackdown is supposedly subordinate to ongoing corruption investigations spearheaded by Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali Al-Zaidi. Al-Zaidi has close ties to Iran through his bank.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Developing: Heavy armor and security forces are on the move inside the 'Green Zone' in Baghdad, Iraq amid unconfirmed reports of arrests of Iraqi politicians.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Following the announcement of U.S. retaliatory strikes against select targets in Iran, U.S. Central Command has released footage showing strikes against ten separate targets inside Iran and also in the Strait of Hormuz.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Russian military personnel supported the Russian soldier Alexander Lunin, who demanded a meeting with Putin, threatening a military coup.

The Russian military stated that they are “ready to turn their weapons against those who cause them pain.”

Lunin stated that he intends to tell Putin about mass torture and extortion of money in the Russian army.

[Kraut @The_Davos_Man]

Man. Every single fucking step of this war, you had to deal with morons lecturing you on why you shouldn't fight back.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

The death toll from yesterday’s pair of major earthquakes in Northern Venezuela, measuring a 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude, has risen to at least 235, according to Venezuela’s Health Ministry.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has announced that Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan has directed significant forces in the region surge to support recovery efforts in earthquake-torn Venezuela, including the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) and the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS-15). U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster lll and C-130H Hercules will also support operations, along with reconnaissance platforms and rotary-wing aircraft attached to LPD-28.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

USA-01, one of the elite heavy urban search-and-rescue teams under the U.S. State Department, which is sponsored by the ⁠Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia, arrived in earthquake-torn Venezuela earlier today onboard a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster lll. The group which deployed consisted of a 79-person, 6-dog heavy urban search-and-rescue team, which will assist with response operations in Northern Venezuela.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has now confirmed that aircraft carried out strikes earlier today, June 26, against Iranian missile and drone storage locations as well as coastal radar sites, in retaliation for yesterday’s drone attack on a commercial shipping vessel in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (VMM-365), assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), arrive at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

This follows U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s remarks that “you’ll find out,” when asked if the U.S. would respond to yesterday’s Iranian targeting of commercial shipping.

[TheIntelFrog @TheIntelFrog]

As of 8am today, FEMA has activated resources to assist with the response to the earthquakes in Venezuela beginning with USA-01 and USA-02 urban search & rescue teams.

This thread will track the response of federal assets to the region.

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[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Two Airbus A400M Atlas with the Turkish Air Force, carrying a 67-person search-and-rescue and humanitarian aid detachment, including a 38-person AFAD Search-Rescue and humanitarian aid team from Istanbul, Izmir and Denizli, 5-person UMKE team from the Ministry of Health, 2-person humanitarian aid team from the Turkish Red Crescent, 22-person team from the Ministry of National Defense’s Humanitarian Aid Brigade, 2 search dogs and 3 equipped search and rescue vehicles, departed earlier today for Venezuela.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Senior U.S. officials tells @JenGriffinFNC with FOX News, that a total of 4 drone, missile, and radar sites were struck tonight in Iran, with the strikes involving 6 U.S. military aircraft and the sites located along the Iranian coast bordering the Strait of Hormuz and Qeshm Island.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Personnel with USA-01 and USA-02, elite heavy urban search-and-rescue teams serving under the U.S. State Department, along with several of their four-legged partners, prepare to board U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster llls in California and Virginia before deploying to earthquake-torn Venezuela.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Four German Air Force A400M Atlas filled with search-and-rescue teams, medical personnel, and humanitarian aid are preparing to land in Venezuela, along side a Boeing KC-767 with the Italian Air Force, while a Mexican Air Force 737-8ZY departs El Libertador Air Base.