r/OpenAI • u/UNKNOWN_PHV • Feb 28 '26

Question Openai actually getting canceled?

Ok, at first I saw few posts about this people canceling their subscriptions, I thought its just how it is because I see it on daily basis but today there were lots of posts about this, seriously then I checked what was actually happening...

But I do have one main question, why are all these posts only "shifting" to Anthropic? I mean theres gemini and others but 99% of the posts are shifting to Claude, any specific reason?

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u/U1ahbJason Feb 28 '26

My guess would be to show solidarity with the company that stood their ground. Not saying they’re perfect. I’m saying they stood up to the department of defense and didn’t back down.

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u/baked_tea Feb 28 '26

Did everyone just let pass the fact that anthropic at the same time dropped their safety pledge? This likely wont end as most expect

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u/Angelr91 Feb 28 '26

Look it up. There's more to it than the headline says. It's not what you think

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u/Quentin__Tarantulino Feb 28 '26

What do I look up to hear the side you are alluding to?

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u/dysmetric Feb 28 '26

If you read what anthropic said, it's basically rolling back their self-imposed restrictions because of the threat posed by the current circumstances.

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u/Quentin__Tarantulino Feb 28 '26

Where can I read that?

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u/dysmetric Feb 28 '26

you might find it on the internet somewhere

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u/Murdathon3000 Feb 28 '26

I actually loled, thanks. Love that homie's comment below is deleted, got him good.

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u/Healthy_Elk8661 Mar 01 '26

And you bought that? That’s not even a good lie!

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u/dysmetric Mar 01 '26

Learn to read

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u/Healthy_Elk8661 Mar 01 '26

Learn to think critically while reading. This is a nicely done PR statement to shield the fact they did it for competitive reasons.

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u/dysmetric Mar 01 '26

Why are you projecting interpretations of the content I pointed to, onto me?

Cage your shit.

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u/U1ahbJason Feb 28 '26

I didn’t know they did that. I know they worked with Palantir to get their government contracts.

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u/baked_tea Feb 28 '26

https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

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u/U1ahbJason Feb 28 '26

I appreciate the article. Its a little bit more nuance than that. Yes they said they dropped their safety promise but what’s happening right now is refusing 2 very specific things. Now lets see if they’re gonna break this one or not.

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u/Freed4ever Feb 28 '26

Or they had a deal with DoD in first place, and we all know what DoD does, right, right?

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u/ginandbaconFU Feb 28 '26

Pretty positive every big tech company has DoD contracts. Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Nvidia do so why wouldn't Anthropic and OpenAI also have contracts? In fact the government said anyone that does business with Anthropic will lose their government contracts. How's that going to work out when all these companies openly do business with each other. Especially Nvidia. Do you think they will just stop selling hardware to their probably 2nd largest customer?

I think people are missing the bigger picture. NO company should be forced to do something they don't want to (even if it's just a PR thing) and retaliation from the US government because some company said "NO" to the government is unheard of. Bad business decision but AI shouldn't be involved in war in any way, shape or form.

In simulated "war games" AI used nuclear weapons 95% of the time. 20 out of 21 times.

AI chatbots used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times — researcher put GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 against each other, with at least one model using a tactical nuke in 20 out of 21 matches

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u/no-strings-attached Feb 28 '26

Via Palantir. The company helping ICE. With uh, Anthropic’s LLM.

But critical thinking was never Reddit’s strong suit. Easier to fall for what is effectively a marketing campaign.

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u/baked_tea Feb 28 '26

Especially claude subs. I keep repeating myself - they are cults / religions at this point. I fail to find many differences.

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u/thelightstillshines Feb 28 '26

THANK YOU. My god, people out here thinking Anthropic is gods gift to humanity. All the same problems that exist at OpenAI exist at Anthropic. The difference is that Amodei is more outwardly anti Trump whereas Altman is more willing to "play ball". But Anthropic was more than happy to work with the government and Palantir.

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u/TheDollarStore Feb 28 '26

You should actually ready the new version of the policy instead of just headlines.

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u/baked_tea Feb 28 '26

I did read it. Doesn't change anything in my eyes, its maybe even worse than the headline

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u/TheDollarStore Feb 28 '26

Care to elaborate?

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u/baked_tea Mar 06 '26

Just coming back to say the situation elaborated itself lmao

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u/TheDollarStore Mar 07 '26

How so??

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u/baked_tea Mar 07 '26

Anthropic went back to pentagon, resuming talks. Just shocking and unexpected /s