--- title: OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense... description: Over 30 employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-google-employees-rush-to-anthropic-s-defense-in-dod-lawsuit-mdgrscv50 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit | daily.dev og:description: Over 30 employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-google-employees-rush-to-anthropic-s-defense-in-dod-lawsuit-mdgrscv50 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MdGRSCV50.png og:image:alt: OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Over 30 employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon had labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk — a designation typically reserved for foreign adversaries — after Anthropic refused to allow its AI to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or autonomous weapons firing. The brief argues the DOD's designation was an improper use of power that threatens U.S. AI competitiveness and chills open deliberation about AI risks. Notably, the DOD signed a deal with OpenAI shortly after designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a move protested by many OpenAI employees. The filing also defends Anthropic's contractual restrictions as critical safeguards against catastrophic AI misuse in the absence of public law governing AI use. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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