Trump Orders U.S. Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic Tech

The Trump administration on Friday ordered all US agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology and imposed other major penalties, escalating an unusually public clash between the government and the company over AI safety, Matt O’Brien and Konstantin Toropin reported for the Associated Press (AP).

Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action. (Photo: Anthropic Facebook)

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other officials took to social media to criticize Anthropic for failing to allow the military unrestricted use of its AI technology by a Friday deadline, accusing the company of endangering national security after CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over concerns that the company’s products could be used in ways that would violate its safeguards.

“We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!” Trump said on social media.

Hegseth also labeled the company a “supply chain risk,” a designation typically applied to foreign adversaries that could derail the company’s critical partnerships with other businesses.

In a statement issued recently, Anthropic said it would challenge what it called an unprecedented and legally unsound action “never before publicly applied to an American company.”