Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
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- The US Department of Defence has ceased all use of Anthropic's AI tools, months after designating the company a national security supply-chain risk.
- Anthropic's Claude was still being used until recently for intelligence gathering, analysis, and military operations, including through Palantir's Maven Smart System.
- The conflict began after Anthropic refused to remove safety guardrails from Claude for military use, citing concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
- Anthropic has called its blacklisting "unprecedented and unlawful" and is suing the Trump administration over the designation.
- The Pentagon has signed contracts with other AI companies including Google, xAI, and OpenAI, whose tools are being more widely adopted.
- Experts note that Claude's deep integration into Maven made removing it slow and difficult, describing the process as "painful."
- Despite the ban, President Trump met twice with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who said he hoped to work with the president to address AI risks safely.