Regulation · on the rundown Friday, February 27, 2026
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology
Covered by 17 outlets over 14 hours. They ran 15 distinct reports; the most widely run, a syndicated copy, appeared on 3 sites. First reported by East Bay Times at 19:45 UTC on February 27, 2026.
- outlets17
- distinct reports15
- first to latest report14 h
- names in it2
What happened?
- Trump said in a Truth Social post: "I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic's technology," according to the reports.
President Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology amid a dispute with the Pentagon over AI safety. Trump wrote in a post that the government does not need or want the technology and will not do business with the company again, according to TechCrunch.
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Who reported it, and when?
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Who was named?
More news naming Anthropic
- Oct 13 · Legal Anthropic asks D.C. Circuit to rehear Pentagon blacklisting appeal 2
- Oct 13 · AI Anthropic moves off git as daily code merges pass 30,000 2
- Oct 13 · AI Anthropic says small models near self-replication on IoT devices 6
- Oct 13 · AI India Today: “China building AI task force with 1,000+ scientists to beat OpenAI and Anthropic at maths” 2
- Oct 13 · Legal Taoiseach to chair new Cabinet committee covering AI regulation 2
- Oct 13 · Cyber Anthropic says small AI models may self-replicate on home devices 2
- Oct 12 · AI Anthropic reports progress on blocking model distillation attacks 2
- Oct 12 · AI Microsoft executives call for "emergency brakes" on AI models 3
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