Katy Perry Backs Anthropic After Trump Bans Startup From Pentagon
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signed a Pentagon deal as President Donald Trump banned rival Anthropic after a failed three-day negotiation over safety guardrails.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security risk, prompting CEO Dario Amodei to label the move punitive as Katy Perry publicly backed the startup.The singer, who is dating Justin Trudeau, shared her subscription on X shortly after Donald Trump stated the US would not do business with the company again.Anthropic rose to second in the
App Store behind
OpenAI following the dispute and successful
Super Bowl advertisements.