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President Trump mentioned Friday that he has directed all federal agencies to “immediately cease” working with Anthropic, blasting the AI company’s management as “leftwing nut jobs.”
The scathing announcement from Trump introduced an abrupt finish to a main dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which had given the company till 5:01 p.m. Eastern Time Friday to take away safeguards on how its Claude chatbot could possibly be utilized by the US navy.
“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 placing AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops at risk, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.
President Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic. AP
“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 remark. Anthropic representatives didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
The president mentioned there “will be a six-month phase-out period” for the Pentagon and different agencies which can be using Anthropic’s fashions. The company signed a $200 million contract with the Pentagon simply final July.
Trump mentioned 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 CEO Dario Amodei is pictured. REUTERS
Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei have objected to any use of their technology that may allow mass surveillance of Americans or powering weapons succesful of firing with out human oversight. Claude is at present the one AI model utilized by the US navy in categorized conditions.
As the deadline to adjust to the Pentagon’s request loomed, Amodei mentioned Thursday that the company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s calls for.
Trump blasted Anthropic in a scathing Truth Social post. truthsocial/@realDonaldTrump
The Pentagon, in the meantime, has mentioned the dispute was by no means about Anthropic’s “red lines” and that the US navy has solely given out lawful orders when using AI.
Elon Musk’s Grok lately obtained approval to be utilized in categorized settings, whereas a senior Pentagon official mentioned OpenAI and Google had been “close” to getting permission.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given Anthropic till Friday to take away safeguards. AFP through Getty Images
OpenAI’s Sam Altman mentioned Thursday that the company shared the identical crimson strains as Anthropic, however advised his firm might attain common ground with the Pentagon on how fashions must be used.
The feud between the 2 sides lately escalated in January after Claude was used within the operation to arrest Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.
During the Tuesday assembly, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth referenced the Pentagon’s declare, first reported by Axios earlier this month, that Anthropic had complained to fellow contractor Palantir about how its technology was used within the Maduro raid.
During a assembly with Hegseth earlier this week, Amodei denied that anybody at Anthropic had complained to Palantir.
The Post first reported in November that Anthropic’s ties to the cultlike Effective Altruism motion and Democratic megadonors like LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman had been on the Trump administration’s radar and had been complicating its efforts to work with the federal government.
