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Anthropic Rebuilds Ties With Trump Administration After Pentagon Feud

Anthropic makes artificial-intelligence models called Claude.

The company and the Trump administration had a serious disagreement about how the military could use those models.

Anthropic objected to using Claude for domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.

The Pentagon responded by blocking the company from some contracts and calling it a supply-chain risk.

Anthropic challenged those actions in court and won an important ruling.

Now, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the administration trusts Anthropic again.

Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown has met with government officials and appeared at a major international technology meeting.

The two sides still have a separate legal dispute, but they are cooperating more on issues such as data centers.

Key facts

Administration position: Howard Lutnick said, “We trust Anthropic” and that the company was “back on the right side.”
Company representative: Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown has led discussions with government officials.
Recent public appearance: Brown appeared alongside Lutnick at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in North Carolina.
Original dispute: Anthropic refused to permit domestic surveillance or autonomous-weapons uses of Claude.
Pentagon action: The Pentagon blocked Anthropic from certain military contracts and designated it a supply-chain risk.
Court ruling: A federal judge sided with Anthropic in August and ruled that the government’s actions violated the company’s constitutional rights.
Remaining legal issue: Anthropic is still pursuing a separate challenge involving another Pentagon designation in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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