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Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Cease All Use of Anthropic Tech

Secretary Hegseth had set a Friday 5 p.m. deadline for the company to agree to terms, but Trump’s announcement came about an hour before that.
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Cease All Use of Anthropic Tech
President Donald Trump walks to depart from the White House, ahead of his trip to Corpus Christi, Texas, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2026. Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein
Troy Myers
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President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to cease using technology made by Anthropic, he said in a Truth Social post on Feb. 27.

This development comes after escalating negotiations this week between Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, where the Pentagon asked the company, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, to open its artificial intelligence (AI) for unrestricted military use.

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Troy Myers is a regional reporter based in St. Augustine, Florida. His background includes breaking, criminal justice, and investigative writing for local news, producing on a national morning newscast in Washington, D.C., and working with an award-winning, weekly investigative news program. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his dog at the beach.