‘We don’t want it!’ Why did Trump ‘ban’ Anthropic AI? Impact to be felt across AI companies

Issuing a latest strike against the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, US President Donald Trump released a scathing announcement against what he described as a “radical Left, Woke company” in a Friday (US time social media post. Essentially banning the company’s use across federal agencies, he wrote, “I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!”