Anthropic Clashes with Trump as Surging Demand Halts Claude App Access

Claude App Suspended on the Morning of the 2nd (Local Time)

U.S. Department of Defense: "We Will Use It Without Restrictions for All Purposes"

Anthropic Opposes Department of Defense Policy

Trump Directly Criticizes and Urges Ban on U

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Anthropic's chatbot service "Claude," which is one of the three major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot services alongside OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, was suspended on the 2nd (local time) due to a surge in users. Anthropic has recently attracted attention from users as it has been in conflict with the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump.

According to a Bloomberg report on this day, Anthropic's AI chatbot "Claude" consumer application (app) service was suspended.

Anthropic stated, "Last week, there was unprecedented demand for the Claude service," adding that as of 10:50 a.m. Eastern Time, all issues had been resolved.

Claude was a lesser-known AI service compared to ChatGPT or Gemini, but Anthropic's conflict with the Trump administration recently drew the attention of general users.

The Department of Defense pressured Anthropic to allow Claude, which is effectively the only AI that can be used on U.S. military classified systems, to be used for "all lawful purposes" without restrictions. In response, Anthropic has consistently opposed the use of AI for mass surveillance of its own citizens or for fully autonomous weapons.

When Anthropic did not give in to the pressure from the Department of Defense, President Trump criticized the company on the social networking service Truth Social on the 27th of last month, stating, "We will never allow a radical leftist 'woke' company to dictate how the military fights and wins wars."

President Trump called for all federal agencies to suspend the use of Anthropic's technology, and as a result, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that they would suspend the use of all Anthropic technologies, including Claude.

Meanwhile, the day after President Trump attacked Anthropic, on the 28th of last month, Claude ranked first among free apps in the U.S. Apple App Store. The number of free Claude users has increased by more than 60% since January, and the number of paid subscribers has doubled so far this year.

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