Others have addressed the first half of your comment, so I'll focus on the astroturfing claim.

While I've talked a lot about Anthropic this week, if I was astroturfing for a positive image, I'd be very bad at it [1][2][3].

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47150170

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47163143

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174814

I used to work at Anthropic, and I wrote a comment on a thread earlier this week about Anthropic's first response and the RSP update [1][2].

I think many people on HN have a cynical reaction to Anthropic's actions due to of their own lived experiences with tech companies. Sometimes, that holds: my part of the company looked like Meta or Stripe, and it's hard not to regress to the mean as you scale. But not every pattern repeats, and the Anthropic of today is still driven by people who will risk losing a seat at the table to make principled decisions.

I do not think this is a calculated ploy that's driven by making money. I think the decision was made because the people making this decision at Anthropic are well-intentioned, driven by values, and motivated by trying to make the transition to powerful AI to go well.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174423

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47149908