Discussion

• @uswremichael @uswremichael on x

  It's a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex. He wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is ok putting our nation's safety at risk. The @DeptofWar will ALWAYS adhere to the law but not bend to whims of any one for-profit tech

• @petehegseth Pete Hegseth on x

  Thank you for your attention to this matter. cc: @AnthropicAI @DarioAmodei [image]

• @vikhyatk Vik on x

  there was a 0% chance anthropic would've agreed to these demands. if they agreed to build warclaude they would've immediately lost their best researchers, who can easily raise $20B dollars tomorrow if they chose to quit.

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  Face saved

• @senwarren Elizabeth Warren on x

  Is the Trump administration punishing Anthropic because it's refusing to help mass surveil American communities or build killer robots? The American people deserve to know what Trump officials are planning at the Pentagon. Secretary Pete Hegseth must testify.

• @erikvoorhees Erik Voorhees on x

  Anthropic is def woke and lefty, but their refusal to permit Washington to use their tech to carry out warrantless mass surveillance of Americans is eminently based.

• @s_oheigeartaigh @s_oheigeartaigh on x

  I've done a zillion AI strategy scenarios these last 10 yrs. Don't think I've been in any with the premise of the USA hosting the company with the best AI, but its government point-blank refusing to use its AI in any way. Can anyone point me to one? I think we might have

• @davidlawler10 Dave Lawler on x

  Hold your horses: Source familiar tells me that despite Trump's tweet, Anthropic and Pentagon are still negotiating and a deal looks possible.

• @chrisharihar Chris Harihar on x

  The shift in tech from January 2025 to February 2026 is crazy. A year ago, no one would dare criticize the federal government. Every AI/tech biz was racing to align with team Trump. Zero resistance. Now, with the admin's public support cratering, we have Anthropic vs. Trump.

• @scaling01 @scaling01 on x

  The only responsible reaction by OpenAI and Google is to cancel all their government contracts

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  So much for a way out. Hegseth STILL designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Notable: “A source familiar said that despite Trump's tweet, Anthropic and the Pentagon were still negotiating ahead of the 5:01pm deadline Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set for a deal.” https://www.axios.com/...

• @vikhyatk Vik on x

  ai use in military is a complicated topic and also boring. some of you think it's fine, others think claude is a war criminal what i want to talk about is competence in deal making. it's critical to have a good model of your counterparty, and where they have negotiating room

• @dee_bosa Deirdre Bosa on x

  This isn't just an Anthropic problem anymore... it's a Palantir problem, and theres no like-for-like replacement ready Claude powers their most sensitive classified work

• @sporadica @sporadica on x

  Trump: “hey claude code, —dangerously-skip-permissions and nuke Iran” >"I'm sorry, Mr. President, but I cannot do that." Trump:

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  The e/accs have become the decels

• @govsherrillnj Governor Mikie Sherrill on x

  Yet another alarming attack by the President on a private company defending its principles. Standing up against mass surveillance and demanding security guardrails for how AI is used by the Department of Defense isn't radical - it's protecting the Constitutional rights of the

• @hamandcheese Samuel Hammond on x

  Immediately halting use of Anthropic's models on the eve of a potential kinetic war with Iran is the only thing actually putting US troops and national security in jeopardy here.

• @tedlieu Ted Lieu on x

  Anthropic objected in part to the Department of Defense using its AI technology to engage in domestic mass surveillance. Do you agree that's a radical left, woke position? That's actually the Constitutional position, one that should be embraced by Americans regardless of party.

• @adamkovac Adam Kovacevich on x

  Trump Admin ending its contracts with Anthropic is fine. But the previous threats to invoke DPA or deem it a supply chain risk are both absurd and contradictory, which would give Anthropic ample room to challenge them. And the Admin's handling of this will surely make other AI

• @alexbores Alex Bores on x

  What's remarkable is how unpopular this is with everyone from people concerned about Terminator-level scenarios to those worried about a fair and free market. We can and should all agree that our government shouldn't use AI to surveil or kill without limits. AI companies

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Among the “left wing nutjobs” apparently is Anthropic board member Chris Liddell, who was part of Trump 1.0.

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  It feels like Anthropic has an off ramp; nothing ever happens

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  ignoring the very real possibility that all of this ends terribly, you have to admit that “banning frontier models and using WarGrok to own the libs” is kind of a funny denouement

• @charliebul58993 Charlie Bullock on x

  It's not 100% clear, but this post makes it sound like USG is going to stop using Anthropic's products over the course of a 6-month phase-out, but not declare Anthropic a supply chain risk (or use the DPA to force them to make WarClaude). Far from the worst possible outcome!

• @liminal_warmth @liminal_warmth on x

  It's impressive that he's going to go down in history as the man who both destroyed the US economy and lost the AI race for basically no reason

• @alvinhsia Alvin Hsia on x

  Anthropic nuked -8% instantly on this news then bid back up a bit since then 24/7 private markets [image]

• @hedgeyecomm @hedgeyecomm on x

  Bye bye U.S. Government... More capacity for the rest of us!

• @s_oheigeartaigh @s_oheigeartaigh on x

  So, what have we learned? (note: it's late here, it's been a long day, this is likely to contain more stupidity than normal, reserve right to delete). (1) Anthropic blacklisted from all federal agencies. If this is it, it's worse than losing just the DOJ contract. Anyone got any

• @lulumeservey Lulu Cheng Meservey on x

  This only helps Anthropic The commander-in-chief angrily threatening to impose “major civil and criminal penalties” evokes exactly the kind of government overreach whose specter would justify Anthropic's stance

• @terronk Lee Edwards on x

  Anthropic is not a “radical left AI company” and pretending so is a disservice to a generational American technology company whose GDP contribution to the nation will be measured in trillions.

• @powerbottomdad1 @powerbottomdad1 on x

  somehow losing out on 100s of millions in revenue and creating a powerful adversary that will loom over you for the next 2-10 years feels like a win for them. congratulations on their survival though, genuinely. i hope in time they reconsider

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  BIG Anthropic escalation - Trump says entire gov has to stop working with them [image]

• @scaling01 @scaling01 on x

  Trump turned against Anthropic calling them “woke leftwing nut jobs” looks like they lose the government contracts they have so far, but no further escalation

• @m_ccuri Maria Curi on x

  This is effectively a deadline extension + Anthropic phaseout — not just at the Pentagon but the whole government. Reminder of what Amodei said yesterday: “Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider.” [image]

• @jhweissmann Jordan Weissmann on x

  So should we assume that any AI company that works with the federal government from now on will allow their model to be used for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons?

• @kimmonismus @kimmonismus on x

  Holy, that escalated quickly. The question now is, who will take over the close collaboration with the DoW from Anthropic: xAI, OpenAI, or Meta. Since Sam has now also shown solidarity with Anthropic and Meta has hardly any useful products, only xAI really remains.

• @jigarshahdc Jigar Shah on x

  Watch Anthropic's revenue double in 12 months off of this.

• @deanwball Dean W. Ball on x

  I think this is just about the best outcome we could have hoped for. It was clear that USG and Anthropic had fundamentally incompatible terms and worldviews. I hope the many other great frontier models made by American companies get adopted for classified use soon. TYFYATTM!

• @headinthebox Erik Meijer on x

  I love Anthropic, but I have said for a long time, including at a meeting in 2023 with people in uniform present, that we need a non-aligned national model. Not only because alignment alone cannot guarantee AI safety, but specifically because you don't want to be dependent on a

• @hamburger Ellis on x

  ah yeah, the part of the constitution that says: 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜

• @markwarner Mark Warner on x

  Trump & Hegseth's bullying of a company to deploy AI-driven weapons without safeguards should scare the hell out of all of us. This is about more than Anthropic - it's about the responsible deployment of AI everywhere. [video]

• @seconds_0 @seconds_0 on x

  IMMEDIATELY CEASE over SIX MONTHS

• @aakashgupta Aakash Gupta on x

  Trump just banned Anthropic from the entire federal government. Anthropic is planning to go public this year. The President of the United States just told 80 million people that this AI company would rather lose its military contract than build autonomous weapons or mass

• @jakuuire Joe on x

  When people use “woke”, what exactly does that mean? How did we get to the point where people feel like they don't agree with something, they call it “woke”....

• @vikhyatk Vik on x

  anyway i think all of this was orchestrated to make an excuse to kick anthropic out and replace it with grok rank and file wanted nothing to do with it. so they had to make up a reason never attribute to incompetence what can be explained by corruption

• @josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x

  closest you're gonna get to Trump publicly backing down is him just cancelling Anthropic's contracts instead of designating them a supply chain risk as was threatened. real kudos to Anthropic for standing up, real dumb moves by the WH to start this episode. [image]

• @petereharrell Peter Harrell on x

  Seems like a decent possible outcome: Anthropic keeps its safety guardrails/values. It can make bank from private customers. The government can decide it doesn't want to buy a private company's product. (Albeit, losing good tech). No weird (maybe illegal) legal dictates.

• @tysonbrody Tyson Brody on x

  yup feeling like a taco. Amodei explicitly said 'let's wind down if we can't come to deal,' and that seems to be what Trump is doing. I guess it's all federal work instead of just DoD, but far cry from Hegseth's initial threats. [image]

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Leaving aside who's right/wrong, those worrying about Skynet should be breathing a tiny bit easier right now.

• @dowresponse @dowresponse on x

  🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 [image]

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  Trump goes nuclear on Anthropic, saying he'll instruct entire fed govt to stop working with the co. And then threatens Anthropic with “major civil and criminal consequences.” 1/ Lot of Trump supporters on the anthropic cap table. 2/ OpenAI earlier today agreed w/ Anthropic

• @dorismatsui Rep. Doris Matsui on bluesky

  First it was universities & social media companies.  Then it was the press.  Now AI companies.  Trump has made it clear: no American institution or company is safe from government retaliation if it doesn't fall in line.  Anthropic said no to mass surveillance and autonomous weapo…

• @davidimel.com David Imel on bluesky

  Update from the “We're not authoritarians” crowd: www.axios.com/2026/02/27/a...  A supply chain risk for not building autonomous weapons and mass U.S. surveillance systems RIGHT NOW.  Give me a break.  [image]

• @cara.city @cara.city on bluesky

  a bunch of libs are going to be cheerleading for an AI company now lmao this sucks [embedded post]

• @seldo.com Laurie Voss on bluesky

  Dunno if there's a smarter way to get the best people to work at your company than have Trump denounce you.  [embedded post]

• @fry69.dev @fry69.dev on bluesky

  Is US still a democracy or already a monarchy/dictatorship where one authoritarian calls the shots over everything? [embedded post]

• @houseforeign @houseforeign on bluesky

  The Department of Defense is coercing Anthropic simply because it is standing up for American values.  We need to harness American AI innovation, not bully the companies doing it if we are going to win the AI race against China.  —  www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

• r/centrist r on reddit

  Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

• r/technology r on reddit

  Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

• r/politics r on reddit

  Pentagon declares Anthropic a threat to national security

• r/BBAI r on reddit

  Good news for Big Bear AI

• r/Anthropic r on reddit

  Trump admin blocks Anthropic from all of government, not just DOD

• @scholars_stage T. Greer on x

  Won't ban tiktok Will ban Anthropic great job guys

• r/StockMarket r on reddit

  Trump Will End Government Use of Anthropic's AI Models

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  I'd be stunned if Anthropic is actually phased out at federal agencies. There's a six month deadline. We've seen those before.

• @throughthecanon @throughthecanon on bluesky

  Pentagon blacklists Anthropic, labels AI company “supply chain risk”  —  WHY?  —  Anthropic doesn't want domestic mass surveillance of American citizens.  —  and  —  AI being used to power fully autonomous weapon systems that can make lethal decisions without human intervention …

• @scribblegurl @scribblegurl on bluesky

  Well, fuck.  —  Anthropic: You may not use Claude to kill people (or for mass surveillance).  —  US Govt: Anthropic is an enemy of the people and must be destroyed.  —  www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...

• @Dhmspector@mastodon.social Dave Spector on mastodon

  Once more for the people in the back....  “The National Security Agency's capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn'…

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on bluesky

  “Experts say the outcome of the clash could shape the trajectory of the burgeoning relationship between the AI industry and the U.S. military, potentially signaling to other leading firms that the cost of doing business with the Pentagon could be losing control of their innovatio…

• @rieckhoff Paul Rieckhoff on bluesky

  Good on you, Anthropic.  —  Refreshing to see someone standing up for what's right and the best interests of the American people.  Because it's clearly not happening from the Pentagon political leadership and propagandists.  —  www.axios.com/2026/02/26/a...

• @secwar @secwar on x

  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the DOD to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, barring military contractors from doing business with the company