Trump’s Anthropic Crackdown Raises AI Concerns Among U.S. Allies

Following the recent crackdown on Anthropic, the Trump administration has given global leaders another reason to worry about their place in the technology race. 

Anthropic’s AI platform amid growing international concerns over access restrictions and technological dependence. (Photo: Claude X)

The US has ordered Anthropic PBC to deny foreign users access to the company’s newest AI models.

The move asserted broad and unprecedented authority over the technology, Max Bergen and Ania Nussbaum reported for Bloomberg News.

Until then, discussions in Europe about losing access to US technology — sometimes framed as a presidential “kill switch” — had largely been theoretical. For many on the continent, Friday’s decision underscored the need to rapidly develop alternatives to American AI systems.

France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday that the civil service would roll out a tool based on local startup Mistral AI.

He added that French company ChapsVision had been selected by the French domestic intelligence agency DGSI to replace US software firm Palantir.

“France must have its own tools,” Lecornu said. “We cannot rely on the goodwill of certain partners who, as we have seen in recent days, are capable of cutting off access to the Anthropic model.”

Palantir said in a statement Tuesday that it renewed a long-term contract with DGSI in late 2025 for a multiyear period and that the deal remains fully in effect.

US allies — already unsettled by the Iran war and concerns about Donald Trump’s commitment to NATO — now face the prospect that the White House could limit AI access abroad at its discretion.