Donald Trump said Friday that he will direct all federal agencies to “immediately cease” the use of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology.
The Pentagon and Antropic reached an impasse as the agreement expired Friday afternoon, with neither side willing to back down. The Pentagon has required AI companies to loosen ethical guidelines for their systems or face serious consequences.
For weeks, U.S. defense officials have called for unfettered access to the capabilities of the company’s Claude AI system, saying it will help protect the country, while Anthropic has resisted allowing its products to be used in mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human intervention.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a statement this week: “Anthropic understands that military decisions are made by the Department of the Army, not private companies. We have never objected to specific military operations, nor have we ever sought to limit the use of our technology on an ad hoc basis.” “However, we believe that in limited cases, AI could undermine rather than protect democratic values.”
Trump clearly didn’t appreciate Anthropic’s red line. “We are the ones who decide the fate of our country, not an out-of-control radical left-wing AI company run by people who have no idea what the real world is,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
President Trump orders U.S. government agencies to stop using Anthropic technology amid AI ethics controversy
The public showdown began earlier this week when the Pentagon and Anthropic entered into talks about the military’s use of the company’s Claude AI system.. However, negotiations broke down as the two sides appeared unable to reach an agreement over the safety fence.
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Trump advisers scramble to justify potential U.S. military intervention in Iran
Likely Donald Trump causes of infidelity The attack on Iran, the biggest US intervention since the Iraq War, is fraught with contradictions, as his top advisers will be assisting him while the White House insists on intervention.
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President Trump hints that the US could carry out a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba
President Trump said Friday: “They don’t have any money, they don’t have anything right now. But they’re talking to us, and maybe we’ll take Cuba amicably.”
The president’s comments come as relations between the two countries have fallen to one of the worst in their often bitter 67-year history. The United States has increased pressure on Cuba’s embattled regime following the successful abduction of Venezuelan President and Cuban ally Nicolás Maduro in January.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed ambassadors in the Middle East to refrain from making public comments that could inflame tensions and undermine President Donald Trump’s pressure on Iran to give up its ability to produce nuclear weapons, according to a memo seen by the Guardian.
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Bill Clinton says he had ‘no knowledge’ of Epstein’s crimes in House testimony
Former President Bill Clinton filed a deposition Friday with a congressional committee investigating his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, a day after Hillary Clinton testified before the committee and called the proceedings “partisan political theater” and an “insult to the American people.”
In remarks before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed she had never met Epstein.
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Experts warn that science on sex and gender is being misrepresented by Trump officials
As more health systems eliminate gender-affirming care for patients in the wake of the Trump administration’s crackdown, scientists and advocates say the science of sex and gender is being misrepresented and will have a major impact on health care for all Americans.
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New photo of Howard Lutnick and Epstein attracts attention
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are taking a closer look at Lutnick’s relationship with the late U.S. Commerce Secretary, Jeffrey Epstein, after the Justice Department’s website restored a photo of him with a disgraced investor on his private island.
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What else happened today:
Will you catch up? Here’s what happened Thursday, February 26th.
