US President Donald Trump has ordered all federal agencies in the country to stop using Anthropic AI.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called Anthropic a 'Supply-Chain Risk to National Security.'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced that the company has reached a new agreement with the Department of War.
US President Donald Trump has ordered all federal agencies in the country to stop using Anthropic AI. The decision comes after months of growing disagreement between the Pentagon and Anthropic over how the military could use the AI systems. After a few hours of Trump’s announcement, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that the company has reached a new agreement with the Department of War.
SurveyIn a post on Truth Social, Trump announced, ‘I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!’ He added that the agencies would have six months to end any existing contracts with Anthropic.
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Soon after, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called Anthropic a ‘Supply-Chain Risk to National Security.’ He further urged that ‘effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic.’
Anthropic has also responded with a blogpost, saying it has ‘not yet received direct communication’ from either the Pentagon or Trump. The company also said it would fight back in court. ‘We will challenge any supply chain risk designation in court.’
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Just hours after the ban was announcement, Altman announced on X that his AI company has reached an agreement with the Department of War. He said OpenAI would deploy its AI models on the department’s classified networks. Altman praised the Pentagon, saying it ‘displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome.’
‘AI safety and wide distribution of benefits are the core of our mission,’ he added. ‘Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems. The DoW agrees with these principles, reflects them in law and policy, and we put them into our agreement.’
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