Trump Bans Anthropic; OpenAI Secures Pentagon Deal

President Donald Trump issued an order banning Anthropic from federal agencies after the company maintained safety guardrails on military technology ^[1]. The refusal to lift restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons led to the directive ^[1]. This move follows rising tensions between the administration and AI labs over national security policies ^[2]. Hours after the ban, OpenAI signed a contract with the Department of Defense to deploy technology on classified military networks ^[2]. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman stated that OpenAI’s technology would support defense initiatives while publicly criticizing Anthropic’s stance ^[3]. Altman argued that refusing to work with the Pentagon was the wrong approach for the industry ^[3].