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March 5, 2026
Trump says he fired Anthropic ‘like dogs’ as negotiations with Pentagon reportedly restart
Reports say talks have resumed between defense department and startup over military’s use of company’s AI
TL;DR
- Donald Trump claimed he ordered the federal government to cease using Anthropic's technology.
- Reports indicate negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the military's use of AI have resumed.
- Anthropic's AI is integrated into Palantir's Maven system, used in recent strikes on Iran.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has been in discussions with the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
- Amodei criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his company's deal with the military, calling Altman's safety claims 'safety theater'.
- Anthropic refused a Pentagon deal due to concerns about domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a 'supply-chain risk', a move Anthropic intends to sue over.
- The Pentagon also announced a deal with OpenAI, which later faced scrutiny and amendments.
- Anthropic's recent $60bn financing round is reportedly jeopardized by the dispute.
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