Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizenswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square237linkfedilinkarrow-up12.07Karrow-down117cross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
arrow-up12.05Karrow-down1external-link"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizenswww.windowscentral.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square237linkfedilinkcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
minus-squareTotally Human Emdash User@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·2 months agoThe fact that the Trump administration can create web sites saying whatever it pleases does not make the name change legitimate.
minus-squarepkjqpg1h@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoYou’re right. I researched it, and it was just changed 6 months ago by Trump, who claimed the new name “sends a message of victory” but is still technically named the Department of Defense, as only an act of Congress can formally change the name of a federal department. Edit: Added info
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 months agoNo. Trump declared it changed, much like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. Until there is an act of Congress changing the name, it is still the DoD, and the Kennedy Center is the Kennedy Center, and so on.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd it’s still the Gulf of Mexico. I used to call it “the gulf” but now I have to call it the Gulf of Mexico.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSends a message of certainly not deserving a peace prize.
The fact that the Trump administration can create web sites saying whatever it pleases does not make the name change legitimate.
You’re right. I researched it, and it was just changed 6 months ago by Trump, who claimed the new name “sends a message of victory”
but is still technically named the Department of Defense, as only an act of Congress can formally change the name of a federal department.
Edit: Added info
No. Trump declared it changed, much like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. Until there is an act of Congress changing the name, it is still the DoD, and the Kennedy Center is the Kennedy Center, and so on.
And it’s still the Gulf of Mexico. I used to call it “the gulf” but now I have to call it the Gulf of Mexico.
Sends a message of certainly not deserving a peace prize.