Just days after President Trump slammed Anthropic for disputes over wartime use of its AI, a major Claude outage has stretched on for hours.

This is not how it was supposed to go for Anthropic.

The Pentagon's top technology official told CBS News the military has offered compromises to Anthropic, amid a feud over whether its powerful AI technology will be restricted — but Anthropic called the offer inadequate.

The AI giant’s CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have contrasting personalities and worldviews.

Trump's directive comes amid a dispute between the AI giant and the Department of Defense.

After the Trump administration cut it off, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News in an exclusive interview Friday night he wants to work with the military — but only if it addresses the firm's concerns.

The Pentagon has already reached out to defense contractors to ask about their reliance on Anthropic. Palatir, notably, uses Anthropic models internally, one person tells Fast Company, and would possibly be impacted by the decision by the U.S. government to blacklist the AI firm’s technology.

A standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic outlasted the deadline military officials gave the AI firm to grant unrestricted access to its most advanced model or face consequences.

Claude is reportedly down today, raising questions about whether the outage is connected to the ongoing “Quit ChatGPT” campaign. As users increasingly protest OpenAI’s controversial Pentagon partnership,