The AI They Said Was Too Dangerous — Is Now Inside the NSA (opens in new tab)

Anthropic refused the Pentagon. Drew the line in the sand. Called it ethics. Then walked in through the back door. The full Claude Fable 5 story — uncensored. "The model isn't the product. The narrative is." Let me tell you a story about principles, power, and the art of the quiet deal. It has all the elements: A government ultimatum A CEO who said no A 319-page document with one buried paragraph that blew everything up And six engineers sitting inside the NSA doing exactly what the company p...