They could just not say anything, for example. Or say “there’s a bunch of complex issues we need to work out here, let’s continue the dialog”, hope DoW will agree, and then make a decision a couple weeks from now once the news cycle has moved on and DoW doesn’t lose as much face. Or leave ambiguous what the disagreement is about, and leave room for DoW to pretend it was actually a minor contract dispute that got overblown and is now resolved. Etc.
(I agree though that one possibility is that there are no other options, and the things I’m suggesting won’t work for some reason. E.g. maybe DoW is planning some public thing tomorrow and their only chance was to get out ahead of it.)
Or say “there’s a bunch of complex issues we need to work out here, let’s continue the dialog”, hope DoW will agree
Once upon a time, an ordinary middle-aged American couple are on holiday abroad, and they’re picked up by the police on suspicion of being spies. Despite their protestations of innocence their situation gets worse and worse until they end up facing a firing squad. An officer asks them if they have any last wishes, and the man spits in his face. His wife cries “Hymie! Don’t make trouble!”
Thanks for clarifying! I’m still pretty sceptical about those options, because it was already public knowledge that the DoW had set Anthropic a deadline of Friday evening to comply or face the consequences. And the substance of the dispute was already publicly known. But I do take your point that this public statement was a choice.
They could just not say anything, for example. Or say “there’s a bunch of complex issues we need to work out here, let’s continue the dialog”, hope DoW will agree, and then make a decision a couple weeks from now once the news cycle has moved on and DoW doesn’t lose as much face. Or leave ambiguous what the disagreement is about, and leave room for DoW to pretend it was actually a minor contract dispute that got overblown and is now resolved. Etc.
(I agree though that one possibility is that there are no other options, and the things I’m suggesting won’t work for some reason. E.g. maybe DoW is planning some public thing tomorrow and their only chance was to get out ahead of it.)
Once upon a time, an ordinary middle-aged American couple are on holiday abroad, and they’re picked up by the police on suspicion of being spies. Despite their protestations of innocence their situation gets worse and worse until they end up facing a firing squad. An officer asks them if they have any last wishes, and the man spits in his face. His wife cries “Hymie! Don’t make trouble!”
Thanks for clarifying! I’m still pretty sceptical about those options, because it was already public knowledge that the DoW had set Anthropic a deadline of Friday evening to comply or face the consequences. And the substance of the dispute was already publicly known. But I do take your point that this public statement was a choice.