Anthropic warns governments of “threats or retaliation”

Anthropic says governments should take “appropriate” next steps with providers they disagree with. Image: Shutterstock

Anthropic says governments should “not resort to threats or retaliation” when dealing with contractors they do not work with, after the American artificial intelligence company sued the Trump administration for labeling it a supply chain risk for not agreeing to new terms for military use of its systems.

The company last month rejected an ultimatum from the U.S. War Department to allow its technology to be used for military applications.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the use of AI in autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance were red lines the company would not cross.

The decision meant Anthropic would lose lucrative government contracts, but the popularity of its Claude AI models increased and employees from other leading AI companies such as OpenAI and Google supported Anthropic’s actions.

“We are…