"On Friday, Trump ordered the federal government not to use the AI company's products after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to make the company's technology available for use in domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The Department of Defense gave Anthropic a Friday deadline to drop its conditions or lose its government contract, which is worth as much as $200 million."
"In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump wrote, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! After Trump's announcement, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth labelled Anthropic a supply chain risk that threatens national security and would blacklist it from working with other military contractors."
"Dean W. Ball, the aforementioned ex-Trump adviser on AI, said the development is beyond troubling. Nvidia, Amazon, Google will have to divest from Anthropic if Hegseth gets his way. This is simply attempted corporate murder. I could not possibly recommend investing in American AI to any investor; I could not possibly recommend starting an AI company in the United States."
President Trump issued an executive order Friday prohibiting federal government use of Anthropic's AI products after CEO Dario Amodei declined to make the company's technology available for domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. The Department of Defense threatened to terminate Anthropic's government contract, valued up to $200 million, unless the company dropped its conditions. Trump characterized Anthropic as a radical left, woke company attempting to dictate military operations. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled Anthropic a national security threat and supply chain risk, proposing to blacklist it from military contractor work. Former Trump AI adviser Dean W. Ball criticized the action as corporate murder, warning that major investors like Nvidia, Amazon, and Google would face divestment requirements, potentially deterring future AI investment and company formation in the United States.
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