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jdale27 • today at 9:37 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The implication of the comment is that Anthropic is limiting the capabilities of their external models to prevent other companies from building models that can compete with Claude, and that this constitutes anticompetitive behavior under the law.


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legitster • today at 9:46 PM

> Anthropic is limiting the capabilities of their external models to prevent other companies from building models that can compete with Claude.

Uhhhh... that seems like quite a logical leap. "The only reason Apple doesn't release a faster phone is so other companies can't copy it."

Antitrust generally does not compel companies to make product lineup decisions, especially if the industry itself is acting quite competitively.