Heather Diehl/Getty Images The president went on a threat-laden tirade against a government-contracted company after it refused to cave to the Pentagon’s demands. Trump, 79, on Friday directed the federal government to immediately stop using all Anthropic technology, which includes some of the most advanced AI tools in the world, such as the industry-leading language model Claude. Anthropic was in a public standoff this week with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over removing safeguards on capabilities to conduct mass surveillance of Americans and for fully autonomous, deadly weapons. “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Read more at The Daily Beast.