Pentagon, Anthropic and Trump
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President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic technology after the company’s unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence safety.
The move announced on social media comes after a standoff between Anthropic's boss and the US Department of Defense.
Trump referred to Anthropic as ‘WOKE’ and said that the government had to stop using it. That leaves just Elon Musk’s Grok to handle classified work.
In an unprecedented one-two punch against a big American firm, Mr Trump said he would immediately ban all American federal agencies from using Anthropic’s technology. Pete Hegseth, the secretary of war,
President Trump said he will give federal agencies six months to phase out their use of Anthropic's AI products.