‘Anthropic’s Claude models are no longer available’: US State Department ditches Claude on the orders of Trump – while Senate approves Gemini, ChatGPT, and CoPilot for use

• US government departments are honoring Trump's Anthropic ban
• The State Department has switched from Claude to ChatGPT
• Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot have all been approved for use in the US Senate

The US State Department has dropped Anthropic’s Claude model from use after President Donald Trump issued a directive ordering the immediate cessation of use.

Anthropic fell out of favor with the US government after recently refusing to allow Claude to be used for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons systems. The Pentagon received two lawsuits from Anthropic after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dubbed the AI company a “supply chain risk” and terminated the $200 million contract.

Elsewhere in government, three AI models - Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot - have been approved for use within the US Senate, with the notable absence of Claude.

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