The Information, via Reuters, says the firms are restricting advanced model use over data-retention and IP fears, with some work shifting to isolated or open-weight options.
Large technology and services firms including Palantir Technologies, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Hamilton are restricting or threatening to curb use of Anthropic and OpenAI frontier models unless the labs guarantee they will not misuse customer intellectual property, Reuters reported, citing The Information and people familiar with the matter.
Anthropic faced customer pushback after a June policy change for its Fable model that gave the company rights to retain usage logs for 30 days to guard against complex and novel attacks, the report said. Palantir has pressed Anthropic for irrevocable zero-data-retention guarantees before making models available through Palantir software, according to a person familiar with those talks. Nvidia limits Anthropic’s use to less sensitive tasks and relies on its own Nemotron models for internal work, while Booz Allen has barred employees from using Anthropic’s commercial model for proprietary cybersecurity work, The Information reported via Reuters.
Microsoft is pitching isolated cloud environments and its own AI offerings to draw clients worried about retention, the report said. OpenAI has faced similar scrutiny amid claims it may have trained on user data in one math-problem case, according to the same account. Both labs say they do not train on customer data by default unless companies opt in, though they collect anonymized metadata to improve products. Palantir, Nvidia, Booz Allen, Anthropic, and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
This brief covers reported customer curbs only. It does not confirm irrevocable ZDR deals or a blanket industry boycott.