> For what it's worth govts should have the final say over companies they do business with
That's certainly an opinion, but in the US it's not how it works. Doing business with the government does not give the government total power over the company, that would be absurd.
US rich tech folks like Dario only get a spine when there is money on the line. Where was he when US govt was doing awful illegal stuff against non tech companies and other americans... All of this is practically just theater at this point.
Now the separate question is of collusion or bribery. Which might be illegal but Anthropic has to go to court for that..
And in US bribery aka lobbying is legal as well so honestly. Anthropic is just slow on the uptake.
No pun intended, but get in bed with snakes and you should be happy if you survive getting bitten.