Anthropic to Stop Selling AI Services to China-Owned Groups: FT

Sept. 4, 2025, 9:14 PM UTC

Anthropic will stop selling AI services to groups majority owned by Chinese entities, the Financial Times reports, citing an Anthropic executive familiar with the matter.

  • Anthropic is trying to limit the ability of China to use its technology to benefit its military and intelligence services, the executive told FT
  • Anthropic understands it would lose some business to rivals because of the decision
  • Policy will take effect immediately
  • NOTE: China’s DeepSeek Preps AI Agent for End-2025 to Rival OpenAI (2)

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