Why the 'Tech Bros' are turning against Trump
This Is Why
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
One of the world's most valuable AI companies is suing the US government after it was designated a "supply chain risk" by Pete Hegseth's Department of War.
It's an unprecedented legal fight – after Anthropic refused to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
Now, other tech giants – including Google, Microsoft and Apple – have swung their support behind Anthropic. Why has this dispute happened and what could it all mean for the future of AI?
Niall speaks to Sky’s technology correspondent, Rowland Manthorpe, about the potential consequences.
Have you got a question for Niall? Email the show - why@sky.uk
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.0 | Anthropic is the AI firm you've never heard of that's bigger than Coca-Cola. |
| 0:15.8 | It's also just had a massive falling out with Donald Trump. |
| 0:19.1 | And this is why. |
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| 0:58.3 | You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you? |
| 1:06.9 | Fine, she'd say. She clearly wasn't. After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot. Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizers at the college same skills but with new people new |
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| 1:30.2 | Hi everyone, Neil here. |
| 1:33.3 | Today we're returning to look again at artificial intelligence. |
| 1:36.2 | And I suspect that I'm like many of you when it comes to AI. |
| 1:41.7 | I've dipped my toe in using chat GPT, occasionally co-pilot in the office, but I am really knocked across what you might describe as the cutting edge. |
| 1:45.0 | For example, have you ever heard of Anthropic? |
| 1:48.0 | No, me neither. |
| 1:50.0 | Which is strange, because it's worth more than Lloyd's, Barclays and Nat West combined. |
| 1:55.0 | And until very recently, it was helping power parts of the US military's AI systems. |
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