I'm not moving any goal post - nobody is forcing them in to a contract. In fact, on Friday, they walked away from negotiations.
What you are seeing is an unusual public negotiation.
Do you think OpenAI were forced? nope they swooped in and closed the deal.
You still don't understand the basics of what is happening.
I will write it out for you very simply as I would for a simpleton:
Last June, the government agreed a contract with Anthropic.
The government now wants to change that contract.
Anthropic won't agree to the changes because they go against their core beliefs in safe AI.
The government threatened that if Anthropic don't agree to their changes, they would put them out of business, by designating them as a supply chain risk. This drastic step has only ever been used before against foreign companies which are believed to be spying for a foreign power, such as Huawei and Kaspersky.
Anthropic have not been given the option simply to walk away.
Anthropic are being forced by the government to choose between agreeing to the changes and abandoning their core beliefs, or walking away and being put out of business.
Is that simple enough for you to understand now.
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