Overview
- President Donald Trump directed all agencies to immediately stop using Anthropic’s technology, granting the Department of Defense six months to phase it out.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk to national security, barring Pentagon contractors, suppliers and partners from commercial activity with the company.
- Anthropic refused to allow its Claude models for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons and said it will challenge the designation, calling it legally unsound.
- The Pentagon had warned of contract cancellation and potential use of the Defense Production Act, while Trump threatened to use presidential powers if Anthropic hinders the phase-out.
- Rival providers are moving to fill gaps as OpenAI said it reached a classified-network deal that preserves similar red lines, xAI agreed to all lawful uses, and industry workers publicly backed Anthropic’s limits.