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Trump Orders U.S. Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic AI Following Pentagon Dispute
Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic AI over its refusal to allow military use in surveillance and autonomous weapons, with a six-month phase-out and legal threats.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump ordered every federal agency to immediately cease using Anthropic's technology, allowing a six-month phase-out for the Department of War and others.
- A weeks-long standoff erupted after Pentagon demands that Anthropic drop two guardrails, barring mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, or face supply-chain risk designation or Defense Production Act use.
- Replacing Claude could take three months or more, as Anthropic holds a $200 million contract and Claude is used in classified operations.
- President Donald Trump warned of 'major civil and criminal consequences' if Anthropic does not cooperate, but his announcement did not invoke the Defense Production Act or designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly sided with Anthropic, and a coalition of labor groups representing over 700,000 workers urged support, making the feud a proxy for AI governance battles.
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The Pentagon failed to reach an agreement with Anthropic on unrestricted use of their artificial intelligence, and Trump has already banned all government agencies from using it.
The US President has dramatically escalated the dispute with the AI company – and instructs all authorities to stop working with its AI models with immediate effect. He insults Anthropic as "left spinners" and "woke."
·Frankfurt, Germany
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