US President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, amid an escalating dispute over how artificial intelligence should be developed and used, particularly for military purposes.
Trump, in his latest Truth Social post, accused what he described as AI “people” of engaging in potentially harmful activities and specifically mentioned Amodei, chief executive of the artificial intelligence company.
The development as reported by the BBC, noted that Trump’s criticism comes against the backdrop of a recent legal confrontation between Anthropic and the US government over the company’s refusal to permit some military applications of its AI models.
The dispute intensified after the US Department of Defense designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk in February, following the company’s resistance to allowing its technology to be used for activities including surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Anthropic subsequently challenged the government in court, arguing that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had exceeded his authority in imposing the designation on the company.
The confrontation has brought the increasingly powerful AI industry into a difficult relationship with the US government, as Washington seeks to expand the country’s technological capabilities while companies grapple with concerns about how advanced AI systems should be deployed.
Amodei has emerged as a prominent voice in the debate over AI safety, with Anthropic maintaining that safeguards are necessary around the use of increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems.
Trump’s latest comments therefore come at a particularly sensitive time for Anthropic, whose disagreement with the Pentagon has moved beyond questions of corporate policy into a broader legal and political battle over the government’s authority over AI companies.
The episode also highlights the growing tension between national-security priorities and the technology industry’s concerns about potentially dangerous applications of artificial intelligence.
The report was originally published by the BBC.
