Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Stop Using AI Tools from Anthropic
President Donald Trump has ordered federal departments to halt the use of AI tools developed by Anthropic, escalating a dispute between the White House and the fast-growing technology firm. In a recent post on Truth Social, Trump said he would instruct all government agencies to stop working with the company’s systems. “We do not need it, we do not want it,” he wrote, adding that the administration would no longer conduct business with the firm. The confrontation stems from Anthropic’s refusal to grant the U.S. military broad access to its AI models. The company, led by chief executive Dario Amodei, declined to agree to terms that would allow unrestricted use…