According to WIRED, President Donald Trump has issued an order to ban AI company Anthropic from use by the US government. The publication describes the order as “sudden.”
WIRED reports that the ban follows tensions between Anthropic and the Defense Department. According to the article, the Defense Department had “pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military” prior to Trump’s order.
The specific nature of Anthropic’s restrictions on military use and the details of the Defense Department’s pressure campaign were not detailed in the source material. The timeline and implementation details of the ban also remain unclear from the available information.
Anthopic, founded by former OpenAI executives, develops Claude, a large language model AI assistant. The company has previously emphasized AI safety and responsible development practices in its public communications, though the source material does not provide specifics on what restrictions were in place that prompted the Defense Department’s response.