Ask USDA about Anthropic artificial intelligence … you get no answer.
Trump has an ongoing military dispute … imagine that? … so now he wants to ban Anthropic government wide.
Caught in the argument is USDA’s new development of the new “One Farmer, One File” project. Palantir is doing the heavy lifting, but it’s a partner with Anthropic.
The Pentagon has blacklisted Anthropic, citing it as a “supply chain risk.” At the same time, the US military is using “Claude” in the Iran/Middle East WAR. Anthropic is the developer and owner of “Claude.” According to multiple reports, “Claude” has an ongoing, major success story in the attack on Iran, and US military in the Middle East is continuing to use it.
Anthropic continues to defend its artificial intelligence systems, particularly “Claude.” President Trump is furious — nothing new about this, that Anthropic has said NO to certain uses of the AI tools. According to AXIOS, it appears that Anthropic’s NO is based upon concern that the Pentagon or other parts of the federal government could use “Claude’s” ability to do “mass domestic surveillance and the development of weapons that fire without human involvement.”
Meanwhile, the “One Farmer, One File” project is caught in the middle of the argument. No one at USDA seems to be telling whether work on it has been delayed, stopped, or continues.
The high-level argument comes from the Pentagon. Secretary Pete Hegseth, backed up by Trump, wants more power using the AI tool that its owner/developer is willing to give them.
Dave Lawler, Maria Curie, AXIOS: Pentagon blacklists Anthropic, labels AI company “supply chain risk”