On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, of attempting to "STRONG-ARM" the Pentagon and directing federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CEASE" use of its products. At issue is Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's refusal of an updated agreement agreeing to "any lawful use" of its technology, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth mandated in a January memo, to the frustration of some tech workers across the industry. As we explained earlier this week, that agreement would give the US military access to use the company's services for mass domestic surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons, o …Read the full story at The Verge.