[brookst]

Honest question: why have an elaborate theory with no evidence when the simple facts support a much simpler conclusion?

Anthropic is free to do what they want. I can’t imagine the board meeting where this triple bank shot of goading the government into threatening the company to do what they want.

[lurkshark]

I don't think it's that elaborate. I didn't mean to suggest they intentionally goaded the government into this confrontation. I figure it's a simpler "Oh look, we now have a good opportunity to make that announcement that we were worried about." Considering it's probably the same high-level decision makers on both choices it doesn't need a board meeting. And yes they're absolutely free to do what they want, but they're also not blind to how the public will view their decisions.