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🗓️ 27 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:14.7 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump says the U.S. government will stop using Anthropics |
| 0:22.2 | artificial intelligence software. NPR's Shannon Bond reports the announcement comes ahead of a deadline. |
| 0:27.6 | The Pentagon set for the company to drop restrictions on how the military uses its technology. |
| 0:33.3 | In a post on his truth social platform, the president said he was directing all federal agencies to immediately cease using Anthropics AI tools. |
| 0:41.2 | He also said agencies, including the Pentagon, would have six months to phase out Anthropics products. |
| 0:46.5 | Anthropic and the Defense Department have been at loggerheads over how the military can use its AI model, Claude, under a contract worth up to $200 million. |
| 0:55.4 | Anthropics says Claude cannot be used for domestic surveillance or to power autonomous weapons. |
| 1:00.8 | The Pentagon says AI companies must allow all lawful uses of their technology. |
| 1:05.6 | Anthropic CEO had said the company would not back down despite the government's threats. |
| 1:10.3 | Shannon Bond, NPR News. |
| 1:11.9 | Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scout, says it's keeping its new name and will |
| 1:16.7 | continue to welcome the 200,000 girls who participate in its programs. |
| 1:21.4 | That's despite Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth criticizing the rebrand, he sees as part of woke |
| 1:26.6 | culture. President Trump says he's |
| 1:28.8 | not happy with the latest talks over Iran's nuclear program, but indicated he would give the |
| 1:33.8 | negotiations more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East. |
| 1:38.0 | I'm not happy with the fact that they're not willing to give us what we have to have. |
| 1:42.6 | So I'm not thrilled with that. We'll see what |
| 1:44.6 | happens. We're talking later. We'll have some additional talks today. But no, I'm not happy with |
| 1:51.5 | the way they go. He spoke a day after U.S. envoys held another inconclusive round of indirect talks |
| 1:57.0 | with Iran in Geneva. Trump has threatened military action if Iran does not agree to curtail |
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