[Verse 1]
February twenty-twenty-six, Anthropic drew the line
Blacklisted Pentagon contracts, said "not this time"
While OpenAI stayed quiet, took the money behind closed doors
Two titans chose different paths when Uncle Sam came knocking at their doors
[Chorus]
Power decides, principles collide
When the checks get bigger, where do ethics hide?
Anthropic says no, OpenAI says maybe
Google flipped the script, defense contractors go crazy
Case by case, we trace the choices made
In the shadows where the moral debts get paid
[Verse 2]
Google's Project Maven trained machines to spot the kill
Till employees staged walkouts, said "we won't build"
Pentagon drones abandoned, ethics won the day
But the money found new channels, just a different way to play
[Chorus]
Power decides, principles collide
When the checks get bigger, where do ethics hide?
Anthropic says no, OpenAI says maybe
Google flipped the script, defense contractors go crazy
Case by case, we trace the choices made
In the shadows where the moral debts get paid
[Verse 3]
Lockheed Martin seventies, bribes across the globe
Senators and princes underneath the payroll robe
When the scandals broke wide open, stocks came crashing down
Ethics violations echoed through every corporate town
[Bridge]
Same old pattern, different decade
Technology changes but the games get played
Structural forces push and pull
Some resist, some caves get full
History repeats in Silicon Valley halls
Who will answer when conscience calls?
[Chorus]
Power decides, principles collide
When the checks get bigger, where do ethics hide?
Anthropic says no, OpenAI says maybe
Google flipped the script, defense contractors go crazy
Case by case, we trace the choices made
In the shadows where the moral debts get paid
[Outro]
Study the cases, learn the names
Same structural forces, different games
Power and principles wage their war
That's what these case studies are for