Anthropic brings Claude to US civilian agencies amid Pentagon ban
anthropic launches claude for government for us federal and state agencies, offering same features as enterprise customers with fixed caps and strict security, after pentagon banned claude due to company's stance on surveillance and autonomous weapons.
anthropic has launched claude for government, making its ai platform available to us federal and state agencies. the platform has been in open beta since july and operates in a fedramp high environment, which is the strictest us cloud security level. this move comes as anthropic faces ongoing tensions with the pentagon, which banned claude in march after labeling anthropic a supply chain risk due to the company's stance on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. despite a san francisco judge striking down one of two designations as unlawful retaliation and a washington appeals court upholding the other, ceo dario amodei's recent dinner with trump suggests tensions may be easing. claude for government offers agencies the same features as enterprise customers, with admins able to set budgets and model access per department, and chats staying on agency devices.