Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and XAI Granted Up to $200M from Defense Department

Re:Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and XAI Granted Up to $200M fro... by tadfisher on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @02:09PM (#44574141)

The US government did not build bombers, ICBMs, or even the Apollo vehicles. All of those were specified by agencies and contracted out to the same contractors that exist today. I think the last thing the US "manufactured" was ammunition during the Civil War, as it owned a few shot towers, but even the vast majority of those were privately-owned and contracted by the US Army.

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Re:Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and XAI Granted Up to $200M fro... by ffsm8 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @04:18PM (#44575397)

I was misinformed, thanks for correcting me.

(Though I was thinking more of the research/planning vs actually mass production, that you're taking about. Especially as this discussion is about such as case too, considering it's software)

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Re:Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and XAI Granted Up to $200M fro... by pyuser583 on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @05:40PM (#44576100)

I heard that the US government nationalized defense contractors during WWI. Is that not the case?

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