Trump Bans Anthropic Over AI Ethics as Claude Tops the App Store

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Donald Trump banned AI firm Anthropic from federal contracts after the company refused to remove ethical guardrails against mass domestic surveillance.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth labeled the startup a national security risk, canceling $200M in deals while rival OpenAI secured a new Pentagon partnership.The dispute centers on whether private firms or the government should control AI technology used for analyzing bulk data and private financial transactions.Anthropic's Claude app subsequently topped the Apple App Store charts as users supported CEO Dario Amodei's refusal to grant the military unrestricted access.
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