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by ben_w 39 days ago
> The whole episode about Mythos has been the absolute best free PR move ever designed.

Great PR.

For a product nobody can pay for.

And a high chance that when anyone can, the market shrinks from "worldwide internet users" to "the USA only".

And it's known to be a highly dynamic market: based on the historical average, it only takes 11 weeks to be completely trounced by someone else's model, so if you're out of the market that long you may as well not have bothered.
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siren2026 39 days ago
How many non-tech people knew about Anthropic before? How many know about Anthropic since this episode?

Still don't see it? Still don't see how the huge IPO coming up soon could profit from this?

Yes, this was a brilliant PR move (independent from the actual benefit of the model).

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ben_w 39 days ago
> Still don't see it? Still don't see how the huge IPO coming up soon could profit from this?

"Would you like to buy Anthropic shares?"

"Anthropic? Didn't the government ban them?"

"Yes"

"I'll pass"

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tim333 38 days ago
>For a product nobody can pay for

I remember then Thefacebook.com was only available at certain universities and everyone felt slight envy that they weren't included. Didn't work out too bad for them.

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ben_w 38 days ago
Do you remember them being hit with an export ban that also included their own staff?
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