Trump plans to ban Anthropic AI from all federal government agencies
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he has instructed all federal government agencies to immediately stop using Atropic AI.
In a lengthy Truth Social post on Friday afternoon, Trump began: “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER LET A RADICAL LEFT, A WOKEN CORPORATION, DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! This decision is for your COMMANDER IN CHIEF and my tremendous appointee to lead our Military.” It belongs to the leaders.”
He added: “The leftist lunatics at Anthropic made a HUGE MISTAKE trying to STRONGLY SHARE the War Department and force them to abide by the Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness puts AMERICAN LIVES at risk, endangers our Troops, and endangers our National Security.”
The president said he would immediately instruct all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology.
Secretary of State for Public Affairs Sean Parnell speaks to the media. Earlier this week, Anthropic leadership rejected requests from the War Department to use its AI “for all lawful purposes.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and we won’t do business with them again!” he continued.
He added that there would be a six-month phase-out period for institutions such as the War Department.
“Anthropic better take action and assist in this phase-out period, or I will use Presidential Plenary Power to force them to comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow,” he wrote.
He continued: “WE will decide the fate of our country, NOT an out-of-control Radical Left AI corporation run by people who have no idea what the real world is.”
Earlier this week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei rejected requests from the War Department to use its AI for “all lawful purposes,” but Amodei said no, concerned about the possibility that the AI could be used for “mass domestic surveillance” or “fully autonomous weapons.”
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President Donald Trump said Friday that he has instructed all federal government agencies to immediately stop using Anthropic AI. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
“The War Department has stated that they will only contract with AI companies that agree to ‘any lawful use’ and remove the safeguards in the aforementioned cases. They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain these protections; they have also threatened to designate us as a ‘supply chain risk’ (a label reserved for adversaries of the United States, a label that has never before been applied to an American company) and invoke the Defense Production Act to force the removal of safeguards,” Amodei said in a statement on Thursday. expression.
“Threats have not changed our attitude, we cannot in good conscience accept their demands,” he said.
Sean Parnell, the Assistant Secretary of War for Public Affairs, explained in a post on
“The War Department has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans (which is illegal), and we do not want to use AI to develop autonomous weapons that operate without human intervention,” Parnell said. to post. “This is what we’re asking: Allow the Pentagon to use Anthropic’s model for all lawful purposes.”
“This is a simple, common-sense request that will prevent Anthropic from jeopardizing critical military operations and potentially putting our warfighters at risk. We will not allow ANY company to dictate the terms of how we make operational decisions. They have until 5:01 p.m. ET on Friday to decide. Otherwise, we will terminate our partnership with Anthropic and consider them a supply chain risk to DOW,” he said.
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Anthropic Co-Founder and CEO Dario Amodei said this week that “threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accept their demands.” (Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot)
Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael accused Anthropic and Amodei of lying.
In a post about X, Michael called Amodei a “liar” who “has a God complex.”
“He wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is willing to risk our nation’s security. @DeptofWar will ALWAYS obey the law but will not bow to the whims of any for-profit technology company.” alleged.
in another way to post “Anthropic is lying. @DeptofWar doesn’t do mass surveillance because it’s already illegal. What we’re talking about is allowing our warfighters to use AI to shoot down swarms of enemy drones that will kill Americans without having to call @DarioAmodei.”
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“It is the Department’s prerogative to select contractors that best align with their vision. However, given the significant value Anthropic’s technology provides to our armed forces, we hope they will reconsider,” Amodei said in a statement sent to Fox News Digital on Thursday. he said. “Our strong preference is to continue to serve the Department and our warfighters with the two requested security measures in place. If the Department chooses to leave Anthropic, we will work to ensure a smooth transition to another provider, avoiding any disruption to ongoing military planning, operations, or other critical missions. Our models will be available for as long as necessary, on the broad terms we propose.”
“We stand ready to continue our work to support the national security of the United States,” he added.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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