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Trump orders U.S. government to stop working with Anthropic
Change
U.S. President Donald Trump last week ordered the U.S. government to stop working with Anthropic.
Why it matters
Palantir’s Maven Smart Systems uses multiple prompts and workflows built using Anthropic’s Claude code, according to two people familiar with the matter. Palantir holds Maven-related contracts with the Defense Department and other U.S. national security agencies with a potential value of more than $1 billion. The order followed an impasse between Anthropic and the Pentagon over safety guardrails related to autonomous weapons and government surveillance.
Implications
- • Government software workflows built using Anthropic’s Claude code require substitution to align with the directive.
- • Defense and national security software platforms that embedded Claude-based prompts/workflows face rework to remove those components.
Who is affected
- • U.S. federal agency procurement and program teams using Anthropic products
- • Defense Department AI software program operators
- • Government contractors integrating Anthropic Claude into software workflows
Source
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