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j2j8yesterday at 9:15 PM6 repliesview on HN

Anthropic blocks Fable from answering "Tell me about Agent Orange" or even "Tell me about mitochondria"


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giantfrogyesterday at 11:59 PM

Putting aside whether or not I agree with the policy or whether it’s at all reasonable, a policy of restricting access to information because there’s a fear it could be used to create a weapon of mass destruction seems entirely different than restricting access to historical facts because they are embarrassing to the government.

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jetbalsayesterday at 11:43 PM

I found it hard stops on /anything/ Ghidra related at all, its annoying...

OrsonSmellesyesterday at 10:09 PM

But you can see the CBRN weapon nexus in your examples that's missing from the Tiananmen prompt, right? Do American models refuse to tell you about COINTELPRO, Kent State, or My Lai, for instance?

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TechSquidTVtoday at 12:06 AM

These are not the same.

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boppo1today at 4:01 AM

Why mitochondria?

sigmartoday at 12:00 AM

Did you read the blog post where they explained why there was a temporary block on all biology-related questions?