White House Moves to Ban Anthropic's Claude from Federal Agencies Over 'Woke' AI Safeguards

The White House is preparing an executive order to ban Anthropic's Claude AI from federal agencies over alleged 'woke' safeguards deemed a national security threat, setting an unprecedented precedent by directly targeting a U.S. company as Anthropic fights back with a lawsuit against the Pentagon.

• The White House is preparing an executive order to formally instruct federal agencies to remove Anthropic's AI assistant Claude from government operations, citing concerns over its 'woke' safeguards posing a national security threat.
• Anthropic is already suing the Pentagon over its supply chain risk designation, arguing the administration lacks legal authority to blacklist a U.S. company over protected speech, as agencies like the Treasury Department begin offboarding Claude.
• The executive order could be issued as soon as this week, setting a rare and largely unprecedented precedent of directly naming a U.S. company in such an order, as opposed to past actions targeting foreign firms like Huawei or TikTok.