‘The California Way’: Newsom signs historic Anthropic deal despite Trump pushback

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new agreement with artificial intelligence company Anthropic that will make its AI assistant, Claude, the first generative AI platform available across California’s state agencies and local governments.

The move comes at a time when the Trump administration has taken a much tougher approach toward Anthropic. While California is expanding the use of the company’s AI, the federal government has recently restricted some of Anthropic’s most advanced AI models and even labelled the company a potential national security supply chain risk.