Why would they buy Anthropic when they already have access to all the tech and source-code of Anthropic for free ?

Not only the models but also training data, model architecture, documentation, weights and latest R&D experiments ?

Take an instance -> Snapshot -> Investigate.

Unless they get caught it is not illegal.

GP is just commenting on the use of a mixed metaphor.

hell if passing the buck is the opposite of holding the bag then maybe we should mix em

maybe the full array of options is: pass the hot potato, hold the buck, or drop it like a bag.