Damage control?
As part of the blog post, Amodei also apologized for an internal memo that was leaked to the press and that painted OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in a negative light for swooping in to secure a deal after the Department of War and Anthropic couldn’t reach one.
“I also want to apologize directly for a post internal to the company that was leaked to the press yesterday. Anthropic did not leak this post nor direct anyone else to do so — it is not in our interest to escalate this situation. That particular post was written within a few hours of the President’s Truth Social post announcing Anthropic would be removed from all federal systems, the Secretary of War’s X post announcing the supply chain risk designation, and the announcement of a deal between the Pentagon and OpenAI, which even OpenAI later characterized as confusing,” Amodei wrote.
“It was a difficult day for the company, and I apologize for the tone of the post. It does not reflect my careful or considered views. It was also written six days ago, and is an out-of-date assessment of the current situation,” Amodei added.
