Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: An Imperial Marketing Stunt

Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In the latest issue of Le Monde diplomatique, I revisit the conflict that pitted Anthropic against the Pentagon, in an attempt to analyze this episode and go beyond the dominant media narrative.

The dispute has all the hallmarks of a hit series: a CEO – Dario Amodei – a freedom-loving idealist standing up to the tyrants of the Trump administration. Except that Anthropic’s “ethical” posture appears totally unwarranted, particularly given Claude’s deployments within Palantir’s systems to accelerate the American kill-chain. Anthropic’s focus on the edge case of autonomous weapons in its negotiations with the US military looks more like a distraction from the enormous stakes raised by the integration of LLMs into military operations.

New Book: Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the publication of our collective volume Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity: Who Will Watch the Watchers?, co-edited with Didier Bigo and Emma Mc Cluskey, published by Routledge.

Abstract

This volume, derived from the GUARDINT project, examines contemporary challenges in intelligence oversight within a context of growing transnationalization of intelligence activities. Drawing on empirical case studies and theoretical analyses, the contributions question the effectiveness of democratic surveillance mechanisms in the face of mass surveillance scandals revealed since 2013. The book explores structural limitations of national oversight institutions confronted with surveillance practices that largely transcend state borders, while proposing avenues for rethinking forms of accountability in this domain.

Technofascism on Félix Tréguer

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: An Imperial Marketing Stunt

New Book: Intelligence Oversight in Times of Transnational Impunity

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