Trump added that if Anthropic doesn’t obey, he will use “the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply.”

The AI developer laid out red lines on military use of its products, a source said.

Anthropic was the first AI developer to be used in classified operations by the US Defense Department.

Despite pressure from the Pentagon, the AI company said it would not give the US Defense Department unconditional use of its technology. The US government has threatened forced…

Anthropic resists Pentagon pressure for unrestricted AI military use, citing ethical concerns over surveillance and autonomous weapons.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei drew a sharp red line 24 hours before the deadline, but hasn't walked away from talks, either.

Anthropic has just hours to decide whether it will accede to the Defense Department's demands that it be able to use the company's AI models how it sees fit.

The Department of War has given Anthropic until 5 p.m. Friday to remove restrictions on how the military can use its AI, or face being labeled a national security threat.

Anthropic faces a 5 p.m. EST deadline to comply with the Pentagon and allow it to use the company's artificial intelligence system without restraint.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ordering every U.S. government agency to “immediately cease” using technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic.

Hours after its competitor was punished, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that his company struck a deal with the Pentagon to supply its AI to classified military networks.

Trump’s comments came just over an hour before the Pentagon’s deadline for Anthropic to allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology or face consequences.

Trump added that if Anthropic doesn’t obey, he will use “the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply.”

Department of Defense and artificial intelligence company were unable to reach agreement before deadline

There has been a weeks-long feud between Pentagon and Anthropic over concerns about how military could use AI at war.

Anthropic has resisted allowing its Claude AI system to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems – key US politics stories from Friday, 27 February at a glance