Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropics AI models, says leftwing nut jobs made disastrous mistake
President Trump said Friday that he has directed all federal agencies to “immediately cease” working with Anthropic, blasting the AI company’s leadership as “leftwing nut jobs.”The scathing announcement from Trump brought an abrupt end to a major dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which had given the company until 5:01 p.m.Eastern Time Friday to remove safeguards on how its Claude chatbot could be used by the US military.“The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
“Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.“Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology,” the president continued.“We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!”The Pentagon declined to comment.
Anthropic representatives did not immediately return a request for comment.The president said there “will be a six-month phase-out period” for the Pentagon and other agencies that are using Anthropic’s models.The company signed a $200 million contract with the Pentagon just last July.Trump said he would use the “Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow” if Anthropic was uncooperative during the transition period.Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei have objected to any use of their technology that would enable mass surveillance of Americans or powering weapons capable of firing without human oversight.
Claude is currently the only AI model used by the US military in classified situations.As the deadline to comply with the Pentagon’s request loomed, Amodei said Thursday that the company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentago...