The US government and Anthropic, which holds a lucrative defense contract, are locked in a bitter dispute over how the military should be able to use the company’s AI models. Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s CEO, has insisted that the company’s models not be used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance of Americans—uses that the Pentagon says are not contemplated or would be illegal. Negotiations over how to salvage the $200 million contract for classified work grew heated this week, with Amodei saying “we cannot in good conscience” accept the Pentagon’s assurances.

When the Friday afternoon deadline for reaching an agreement came and went, the standoff escalated. President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence products within six months, calling it “a radical left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real world is all about.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went further, designating Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security, which means no other company that does business with the US military could use its products.

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