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Trump Declares Anthropic Harmless, Orders Access Block, Pentagon Pulls Claude

6/20/2026

Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump said Anthropic is no longer a threat after a dispute.
He ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from Fable 5 and Mythos 5, causing firm to shut access.
Anthropic staff met administration officials this week on the export-control dispute.
At a summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, Trump met Dario Amodei and praised his response.
The Pentagon will remove Claude models from Department of War systems despite a March restraining order.

History

Historical Context

In May 2019 the Commerce Department added Huawei to the Entity List, marking a surge in export restrictions that grew to roughly 700 listed entities by early 2017 and later expanded to AI chips and semiconductors. The Trump administration’s 2025 revocation of the Biden AI safety order and new export-control rules echo that earlier trade-policy shift, shaping today’s AI access disputes.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump said Anthropic is no longer a threat after a dispute.
He ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from Fable 5 and Mythos 5, causing firm to shut access.
Anthropic staff met administration officials this week on the export-control dispute.
At a summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, Trump met Dario Amodei and praised his response.
The Pentagon will remove Claude models from Department of War systems despite a March restraining order.

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