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President Donald Trump issued a blistering executive directive Friday, ordering all federal agencies to immediately begin a total phase-out of technology from Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI firm, after its leadership attempted to dictate terms to the United States military.<\/p>\n
The move comes as the administration continues its aggressive \u201cAmerica First\u201d overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, including the newly rebranded Department of War. The president\u2019s order effectively shuts out Anthropic\u2014maker of the \u201cClaude\u201d chatbot\u2014from the U.S. government, citing the company\u2019s refusal to allow its technology to be used for \u201call lawful purposes\u201d by American warfighters.<\/p>\n
In a characteristically bold statement<\/a> on Truth Social, President Trump made it clear that private tech corporations will no longer hold veto power over national security.<\/p>\n \u201cTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS!\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThat decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF\u2026 The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War.\u201d<\/p>\n The President set a six-month deadline for agencies to migrate their systems away from Anthropic technology, warning that \u201cmajor civil and criminal consequences\u201d could follow if the company fails to cooperate during the transition.<\/p>\n Sources indicate the tension reached a breaking point following the successful January operation to capture former Venezuelan dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. While Claude was utilized for intelligence analysis during that mission, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei reportedly balked when the Pentagon sought to expand the AI\u2019s role into \u201cunrestricted\u201d kinetic operations and enhanced surveillance.<\/p>\n Amodei issued a defiant statement<\/a> Thursday, claiming his company \u201ccannot in good conscience accede\u201d to the military\u2019s demands. He cited self-imposed \u201cred lines\u201d regarding fully autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance\u2014limitations the administration views as a direct challenge to the Constitutional authority of the Executive Branch.<\/p>\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has been leading the charge to modernize the military\u2019s tech stack, had previously issued an ultimatum to Anthropic: allow unrestricted military use or face the consequences.<\/p>\n