President Trump told Axios Anthropic is no longer a national security threat, reversing an earlier order. The Pentagon dispute and a billing delay add to sector uncertainty.
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President Donald Trump reversed his administration's designation of Anthropic as a national security threat, telling Axios the AI startup had 'behaved very responsibly.' The White House had ordered Anthropic to get government approval before allowing foreign access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models earlier this month. Trump said in the Friday interview that the company responded quickly and that he would not shut it down.
Trump said a competitor and part owner of Anthropic had turned the company in. He did not name the entity. Asked about using the Defense Production Act to regulate AI, Trump said he would but added he was not sure he needed to. 'I think so far it's been very responsible,' he said.
The ban on the two models stemmed from a dispute with the Pentagon. Anthropic sought to block military use of its technology for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. After contract talks collapsed, the Defense Department designated Anthropic a supply chain risk. Anthropic is suing to overturn that designation.
The reversal does not erase the supply chain risk label. It points to an uneven regulatory picture for AI companies. Firms that cooperate with the administration and avoid conflicts with the Pentagon may face less scrutiny. Those that restrict military applications, as Anthropic did, could draw more attention from defense officials. The Defense Production Act threat remains a potential tool, though Trump downplayed its near-term use.
Separately, Anthropic delayed a planned move to token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK after developer backlash. The company kept the current flat-fee structure. The episode shows pricing uncertainty in enterprise AI deployment, a theme that extends beyond Anthropic. For buyers of agentic AI, the question of what operating costs look like remains unresolved.
Trump's reversal does not resolve the Pentagon litigation. A court date has not been set.
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