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Good for Anthropic standing up to the Trump administration?!! Anthropic has ethics and moral principles?!!
President Donald Trump is directing every federal agency to cease using technology from American AI company Anthropic, the latest development in a high-stakes dispute that could shape the future of how artificial intelligence is used.
Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Friday, saying that agencies will have six months to phase out use of Anthropic’s products.
Anthropic has been at odds with the Pentagon over restrictions placed on its popular AI model.
The administration had told Anthropic the company had until 5:01 pm ET Friday to give in to the Pentagon’s demands or face being labeled a “supply chain risk,” a type of designation usually reserved for companies thought to be extensions of foreign adversaries.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Trump’s announcement would supersede the Pentagon’s threat.
The Pentagon, which uses Anthropic’s Claude AI system on its classified networks, wants to be able to use it for “all lawful purposes.” But Anthropic has two redlines for the Pentagon: that Claude will not be used in autonomous weapons, and that it will not be used in the mass surveillance of US citizens.
The Pentagon claims that it has no interest in using AI for and that it needs the freedom to use the technology it is licensing.
Anthropic on Thursday announced it has no intention of acquiescing.
“Threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” the company’s CEO said in a statement.
Trump said on Truth Social that Anthropic has made a “disastrous mistake” and accused it of trying to dictate how the military operates. Shortly after Trump’s post, the General Services Administration said it would remove Anthropic from USAi.gov, the federal government’s centralized testing ground for AI tools.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/tech/anthropic-pentagon-deadline
President Donald Trump is directing every federal agency to cease using technology from American AI company Anthropic, the latest development in a high-stakes dispute that could shape the future of how artificial intelligence is used.
Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Friday, saying that agencies will have six months to phase out use of Anthropic’s products.
Anthropic has been at odds with the Pentagon over restrictions placed on its popular AI model.
The administration had told Anthropic the company had until 5:01 pm ET Friday to give in to the Pentagon’s demands or face being labeled a “supply chain risk,” a type of designation usually reserved for companies thought to be extensions of foreign adversaries.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Trump’s announcement would supersede the Pentagon’s threat.
The Pentagon, which uses Anthropic’s Claude AI system on its classified networks, wants to be able to use it for “all lawful purposes.” But Anthropic has two redlines for the Pentagon: that Claude will not be used in autonomous weapons, and that it will not be used in the mass surveillance of US citizens.
The Pentagon claims that it has no interest in using AI for and that it needs the freedom to use the technology it is licensing.
Anthropic on Thursday announced it has no intention of acquiescing.
“Threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” the company’s CEO said in a statement.
Trump said on Truth Social that Anthropic has made a “disastrous mistake” and accused it of trying to dictate how the military operates. Shortly after Trump’s post, the General Services Administration said it would remove Anthropic from USAi.gov, the federal government’s centralized testing ground for AI tools.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/tech/anthropic-pentagon-deadline
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