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Trump orders military to stop using Claude chatbot amid AI security dispute

Trump orders military to stop using Claude chatbot amid AI security dispute

By Matt O’Brien,Konstantin Toropin
Publication Date: 2026-02-28 02:30:00

Matt O’Brien And Konstantin Toropin

Washington: The Trump administration has ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology and imposed other severe penalties in an unusually public conflict between the U.S. government and the company over AI safety.

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to rebuke Anthropic for not allowing the military to fully use its AI technology by a deadline Friday (U.S. time), accusing the company of endangering national security.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has classified Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei as a supply chain risk.

The Pentagon wants to use Anthropic’s Claude chatbot for any purpose within legal limits – but without…

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