Trump Bans AI Company For Refusing To Arm Robots With ‘Terms of Service’
KEY POINTS
- •President Trump announced the blacklist of AI firm Anthropic after its refusal to fully disarm military AI safeguards.
- •Pentagon’s Pete Hegseth threatened to stop all defense contracts worth up to $200 million unless talks conclude by 5:01pm Tuesday.
- •Amid staff petitions and rival AI firms offering alternatives, the Pentagon braces for Claude’s dramatic exit from classified military use.
In a move only a reality TV plot twist could inspire, Trump blacklisted Anthropic after the company refused the Pentagon’s ‘lift all safeguards’ demand on their AI model Claude—used to capture Nicolás Maduro and maybe someday IRL takeover plans in Iran. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called the Pentagon's 'best and final offer' a moral dealbreaker, while Pentagon’s Pete Hegseth threatened to call Anthropic a 'supply chain risk,' a title usually reserved for Huawei-level villains. Trump, tweeting like it’s 2016, demanded EVERY Federal Agency ‘IMMEDIATELY CEASE’ using Claude, despite it being the military's sole AI warchief. Palantir now faces the grim task of ditching Claude, their secret sauce in sensitive military ops. Elon Musk’s xAI swooped in with Grok, soldiers probably prepping for AI wars better suited to a less woke dystopia. Meanwhile, open letters fly faster than missiles as Google and OpenAI staff plead, 'Please don’t make us fight our own AI overlords.'
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Only Trump could turn AI military tech into a woke drama where ‘Terms of Service’ beat ‘Battlefield Strategy’. Claude the AI just got ghosted by Uncle Sam for having too many feelings.
Anthropic told the Pentagon no to blowing up people with robot guns ignoring the constitution. Trump responded by blocking them harder than your ex on social media.
Trying to replace Claude with Elon’s Grok is like swapping your Tesla for a foot scooter in a drag race. Good luck risking national security on that vibe check.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/27/2026 | Author: Dave Lawler
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