Trump Directs Federal Agencies to ‘Immediately Cease’ Use of Anthropic Technology

President Donald Trump announced that he was directing federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of” technology from AI giant Anthropic, adding there would be a “Six Month phase out period” for agencies using the company’s products.

In a post on Truth Social, criticized “the Leftwing nuts jobs at Anthropic” for having “made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War.” Trump also wrote that the United States “WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS.”

“I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology,” Trump said. “We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels.”

Breitbart News’s Lucas Nolan reported that Anthropic is engaged in “contentious negotiations with the Pentagon,” and that the “dispute centers on Anthropic’s insistence on specific safeguards regarding how its AI models” can be used by the Department of War:

CNBC reports that AI startup Anthropic finds itself locked in contentious negotiations with the Pentagon over the terms of its defense contract, with discussions remaining ongoing as of Thursday. The dispute centers on Anthropic’s insistence on specific safeguards regarding how its AI models can be deployed by the military. (Read more from “Trump Directs Federal Agencies to ‘Immediately Cease’ Use of Anthropic Technology” HERE)