Anthropic said Thursday that it has been designated a threat to national security by the Defense Department, a striking move that bans the company from doing business with the U.S. military and could

Anthropic AI is growing rapidly in usage among companies, but with the Trump administration declaring economic war on the company, existential risk is real.

They said that the situation was setting a dangerous precedent and sends a message to every technology company in the United States that ‘accept whatever terms the government demands, or face retaliation.

This is not how it was supposed to go for Anthropic.