US President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to stop using technology from AI developer Anthropic – which is currently embroiled in a row with the White House.
Donald Trump has ordered US government agencies to stop using technology from AI developer Anthropic immediately.
The company is currently in a row with the White House after refusing demands to give the US military unrestricted access to its AI tech and has even been deemed a “supply chain risk” by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Trump’s orders would make Anthropic the first US company ever to publicly receive such treatment from the White House.
The US President wrote on Truth Social: “We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!”
Trump’s directive came after days of back and forth between Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
The firm had grown concerned about the government using its AI tools, such as Claude, in what it described as “mass surveillance” and “fully autonomous weapons”.
Hegseth and the Pentagon have insisted that Anthropic agree to “any lawful use” of its tools and technology.
The Defence Secretary stated on the social media platform X that Anthropic would be “immediately” designated a supply chain risk – prohibiting any business working with the US military from “any commercial activity with Anthropic”.
The company said that being designated a supply chain risk “would both be legally unsound and set a dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government”.
Anthropic added: “No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.”
The firm’s tech has been in use by the US government and military since 2024 and it became the first advanced AI company to have its tools deployed in government agencies doing classified work.
Trump has said that Anthropic tools will be phased out of all government work over the next six months.
Donald Trump orders US government agencies to stop using Anthropic
