Those government contracts are generally loss leaders for AI companies. The rates they get per token are horrendous. They eat shit every time some clerk tells Claude to draft an email for them.
Anthropic basically only have these contracts because the image of being a major government supplier is good marketing. They’re reasoning that the PR hit from being seen as making “kill bots” will be a lot worse for them marketing wise.
Tbf, most companies would do anything for a $200,000,000 government contract.
Those government contracts are generally loss leaders for AI companies. The rates they get per token are horrendous. They eat shit every time some clerk tells Claude to draft an email for them.
Anthropic basically only have these contracts because the image of being a major government supplier is good marketing. They’re reasoning that the PR hit from being seen as making “kill bots” will be a lot worse for them marketing wise.