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Anthropic Loses All US Treasury Contracts, Bessent Says

March 2, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC
Andrea Salcedo
Andrea Salcedo

The Treasury Department is “terminating all use of Anthropic products, including the use of its Claude platform” following President Trump’s direction, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says.

  • Bessent comments in post on X
  • NOTE: Trump Tells All Agencies to Stop Use of Anthropic’s Technology

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