# Anthropic back on 'right side' with Trump administration, U.S. Commerce secretary says

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Anthropic is back on right side with Trump administration, per Axios.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on 2026-09-03 in an Axios article that AI company Anthropic is 'back on the right side' with the Trump administration. [^1]

On September 3, users in multiple countries reported difficulties using generative AI assistants ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. [^2]

Reports of ChatGPT service interruptions were first recorded around 14:25 GMT, with the United States reporting nearly 13,000 error cases. [^3]

A U.S. judge ruled in favor of AI company Anthropic in its dispute with the U.S. military over AI safety on the battlefield, in the days preceding Lutnick's statement. [^4]

Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Defense Secretary, had blocked Anthropic from certain military contracts because the company refused to allow the U.S. to use its Claude AI models for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. [^5]

Anthropic confirmed high error rates affecting its models and services, including claude.ai, its API, and related tools, before deploying a solution and reporting recovery. [^6]

OpenAI officially acknowledged an incident involving high error rates in ChatGPT and Codex, stating that their status page reported the team began investigating and applying mitigation measures. [^7]

The technology website 9to5Mac reported that the outage prevented users from accessing or using ChatGPT on all platforms, including web, mobile apps, and desktop applications. [^8]

Users in Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and other countries reported service disruptions. [^9]

Users reported errors affecting Codex, the programming platform developed by OpenAI. [^10]

Anthropic filed a lawsuit in a California court against the U.S. military over being blocked from military contracts. [^11]

## What this stands on

1. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on 2026-09-03 in an Axios article that AI company Anthropic is 'back on the right side' with the Trump administration. (The Hindu, News)
2. On September 3, users in multiple countries reported difficulties using generative AI assistants ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. (Diario Occidente, News)
3. Reports of ChatGPT service interruptions were first recorded around 14:25 GMT, with the United States reporting nearly 13,000 error cases. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
4. A U.S. judge ruled in favor of AI company Anthropic in its dispute with the U.S. military over AI safety on the battlefield, in the days preceding Lutnick's statement. (The Hindu, News)
5. Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Defense Secretary, had blocked Anthropic from certain military contracts because the company refused to allow the U.S. to use its Claude AI models for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. (The Hindu, News)
6. Anthropic confirmed high error rates affecting its models and services, including claude.ai, its API, and related tools, before deploying a solution and reporting recovery. (Diario Occidente, News)
7. OpenAI officially acknowledged an incident involving high error rates in ChatGPT and Codex, stating that their status page reported the team began investigating and applying mitigation measures. (Diario Occidente, News)
8. The technology website 9to5Mac reported that the outage prevented users from accessing or using ChatGPT on all platforms, including web, mobile apps, and desktop applications. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
9. Users in Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and other countries reported service disruptions. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
10. Users reported errors affecting Codex, the programming platform developed by OpenAI. (Báo Nhân Dân điện tử, News)
11. Anthropic filed a lawsuit in a California court against the U.S. military over being blocked from military contracts. (The Hindu, News)

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