2026-02-28
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Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's products,
calling the AI lab a "radical left company",
putting "American lives at risk".
Pete Hegseth, the War Secretary, demanded this week
that Anthropic lift guardrails on its Claude models
and agree to the Pentagon's usage terms.
Mr Trump said the Pentagon and agencies already using Anthropic's models
would phase them out over six months.
America's ambassador in Jerusalem told embassy employees
that they may leave Israel and, if they plan to do so,