Excellent Stratechery update this morning about Fable and more broadly how Anthropic’s “only we can be trusted” messaging also helps their business:

It’s fascinating to observe: me, the rational business analyst, sees a hard-nosed but understandable business decision to cut off would-be competitors; Anthropic employees and advocates, the true believers, see a regrettable but understandable safety decision that ensures that responsible and thoughtful people — themselves, of course — will be the ones guiding our AGI future.