Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff Over AI Limits

Overview

• President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s technology with a six‑month transition period for departments that rely on it.
• The Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply‑chain risk and told defense contractors to halt business with the company, deepening the break with government buyers.
• Anthropic ended renewal talks after rejecting a demand for “any lawful” military use, maintaining two red lines that bar mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous lethal weapons.
• Defense officials had threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act and to restrict Anthropic’s access to defense procurement if the company did not accept the terms.
• OpenAI said it reached a deal to deploy models on the Defense Department’s confidential network under principles that exclude mass domestic surveillance and require human responsibility for the use of force.