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Who Holds the Line?

Anthropic drew moral red lines in a defense of conscience that echoed across the tech landscape.
Who Holds the Line?
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/AP Photo
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On March 7, Caitlin Kalinowski—OpenAI’s head of robotics and hardware—resigned over her company’s Pentagon deal, stating that surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight, and lethal autonomy without human authorization, were lines that “deserved more deliberation than they got.”

Li Li
Li Li
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Li Li, CFA, CIPM, CFP®, is an adjunct professor in the M.S. in Financial Planning program at New York University and a wealth management advisor at Forest Hill Financial Group. She studied economics at Rutgers University and the University of California–San Diego, has taught economics at Pace University, and previously served as a strategist and analyst at AT&T. She can be reached at [email protected]