<2>Trump Orders Federal Agencies To Stop Using Anthropic AI Tech ‘Immediately’
<3>Escalating Standoff Between Anthropic and Pentagon Over AI Technology Use
<3>President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. federal agencies to “immediately cease” using Anthropic’s AI technology, escalating a standoff after the company sought limits on Pentagon use of its models.
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< class="slashpop" href="https://techcrunch.com" target="_blank">TechCrunch reports: The company, which in July signed a $200 million contract with Pentagon, wants assurances that the Defense Department will not use its AI models will not be used for fully autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance of Americans.
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< class="slashpop" href="https://wired.com" target="_blank">Wired reports: The Pentagon had set a deadline of 5:01 p.m. ET Friday for Anthropic to agree to its demands to allow the Pentagon to use the technology for all lawful purposes. If Anthropic did not meet that deadline, Pete Hegseth threatened to label the company a “supply chain risk” or force it to comply by