President Trump has ordered the federal government to immediately cease using technology developed by Anthropic, an artificial intelligence firm, amid a dispute over internal guardrails on its model. The Pentagon had requested that Anthropic remove these guardrails, which are intended to prevent the use of AI for lethal autonomous operations or mass domestic surveillance.
The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday evening to decide whether it will loosen its company policy regarding the military's use of its Claude AI model, or be deemed a 'supply chain risk.' This decision comes amid a brewing conflict between the Pentagon and the tech company over the firm's policy against the potential for Claude to be used as a tool of mass surveillance or in autonomous lethal weapon systems. Breaking Defense reports that the public missive is the latest in a days-long dispute, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly meeting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth this week in an attempt to iron out the issues.