Trump's USA Pentagon's AI efforts

Anthropic vows to fight back against US "scare tactics"

Anthropic will sue the US government after the blacklisting. The AI ​​company announced this after the Defense Department banned the military from using its models.

"Neither scare tactics nor punishment from the Department of War will change our position on widespread domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. We will challenge any classification as a supply chain risk in court," the company said in a statement, according to AFP.

Earlier in the night Swedish time, US President Donald Trump ordered the country's federal authorities to stop using AI company Anthropic's products and blacklisted the company as a national security risk.

The US blacklists AI company Anthropic for refusing to use weapons – signs agreement with Open AI

US President Donald Trump is ordering the country's federal authorities to stop using AI company Anthropic's products and blacklisting the company as a national security risk. This after Anthropic refused to agree to give the US military free rein to the company's AI technology and instead set limits on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems, writes Axios.

"We don't need it, we don't want it and will not do business with them", writes Trump on Truth Social tonight.

Just hours later, Open AI CEO Sam Altman announces that his company has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense. In a post on X, Altman claims that the department has shown a "deep respect" for the safe use of AI.

"We remain committed to serving all of humanity as best we can. The world is a complex, messy and sometimes dangerous place", writes Altman.

Anthropic vs Trump — the real issue

• The US Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic have clashed over military uses for the AI ​​model Claude.
• The Pentagon demanded that Anthropic’s technology be used for all lawful military purposes, which the AI ​​company fears also includes mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
• Anthropic has wanted to limit its use. The company refused to ease its restrictions and rejected the Pentagon’s final offer after several meetings.
• President Donald Trump ordered Anthropic to be blacklisted as a national security risk and banned federal agencies from using the company’s products.
• Open AI soon signed a deal with the Pentagon to provide AI services to the US military.