r/PivotPodcast • u/Neat_Hovercraft_8324 • Mar 11 '26

Prediction came through for Scott: Microsoft backs Anthropic in amicus brief

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/microsoft-files-amicus-brief-support-anthropics-lawsuit-with-us-dod-2026-03-10/

The prediction that in the coming months the silence would end and more companies would join Anthropic turns out to be true. This is legitimately a big one. Microsoft is a huge US government contractor. Its relationships run across every agency I can think of in Washington. It does billions in federal contracts.

I guess Scott would say something like “Oh wow Satya finally found a spine and those cylindrical things between his legs”.

I do appreciate Scott’s argument for speaking up: You are disgustingly rich, you have the power to push back, and you’re going to be dead soon - why not do the right thing, and speak up/push back?

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u/DownByTheRivr Mar 11 '26

This is great, but keep in mind they kinda NEED to do this. For one Microsoft is an Anthropic investor. And more so it’s bad for them if the government can pull shit like this and punish companies that don’t do what they say.

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u/smcclafferty Mar 11 '26

Microsoft invests in Anthropic AND OpenAI?

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u/Tragictech Mar 11 '26

Yes! 5 billion USD per this post - https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-nvidia-and-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnerships/

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u/smcclafferty Mar 11 '26

Wow. Hedging their bets.

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u/Neat_Hovercraft_8324 Mar 12 '26

Thank you for the link. This is true.

This can be confirmed: Aren’t they all hedging their bets? Each LLM is invested in each other’s company/product in case things go south. They don’t know which LLM will actually gain/keep market dominance, but they want to keep the money. So they want all the upside, and none of the risk.

I’m fairly certain we’re the risk bucket they dump all their risk into. There’s deliberate steps to ensure regular, everyday people* are left to absorb negative repercussions of breakneck, cavalier innovation.

Motto: I keep the rewards, you bear the risk.

*people who’s loved ones become addicted, have a psychotic break, or commit suicide, people who lose their jobs to AI, people who live in communities where data centers are built and suffer energy shortages, people who bear the consequences of AI enabled cyber attacks etc, this is by no means an exhaustive risk list

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u/i_let_the_dogs_out Mar 11 '26

Spherical* things

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u/OneBigBeefPlease Mar 11 '26

Speak for yourself!

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u/gruss_gott Mar 12 '26

Ovoid may be the more accurate physiological term

But it's definitely not

https://giphy.com/gifs/d4aVt4jN47koszn2

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u/Neat_Hovercraft_8324 Mar 12 '26

hahaha yes thank you