Politics
Washington's AI Model Takedown Order and the White House's Anime 'Copyright Hypocrisy'
A reported US government demand that Anthropic delete (suspend) a specific AI model stirred debate, with a developer admitting it 'makes my stomach churn.' At the same time, the official White House account kept posting videos that lifted Japanese anime and game footage (Persona 5 and others) without permission. The clash — strict regulation for companies, casual disregard for Japanese copyright by the government itself — drew criticism from AI insiders to anime fans.