Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price

Anthropic 与加州州长纽森达成协议，加州政府可半价使用 Claude

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Anthropic have made a deal that allows California government agencies to use Claude at a discounted price. This agreement comes at a time when businesses are struggling to manage the hefty costs of enterprise subscriptions to AI tools. 加州州长加文·纽森（民主党）与 Anthropic 达成了一项协议，允许加州政府机构以折扣价格使用 Claude。在企业正为 AI 工具昂贵的企业订阅费用而苦恼之际，这项协议的达成显得尤为及时。

Under the deal, all state agencies and local governments will have access to Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot, as well as training and support from Anthropic. A press release from the Governor’s office says that Claude will help state employees draft documents and analyze information. 根据协议，所有州政府机构和地方政府都将能够使用 Anthropic 的 AI 聊天机器人 Claude，并获得来自 Anthropic 的培训和支持。州长办公室发布的新闻稿称，Claude 将帮助州政府员工起草文件并分析信息。

“AI should not replace the human work of government; it should help our workers move faster, solve problems more effectively, and deliver better results for Californians,” Governor Newsom said in a statement. “人工智能不应取代政府的人力工作；它应该帮助我们的员工提高工作效率，更有效地解决问题，并为加州人民带来更好的成果，”纽森州长在声明中表示。

This deal follows Newsom’s March executive order that intends to accelerate the use of AI “to make government more efficient” while also maintaining stronger safety standards. “While others in Washington are designing policy and creating contracts in the shadow of misuse, we’re focused on doing this the right way,” Newsom said at the time. 此项协议是在纽森三月份签署行政命令之后达成的，该命令旨在加速人工智能的应用，“以提高政府效率”，同时保持更严格的安全标准。纽森当时表示：“当华盛顿的其他人还在滥用的阴影下设计政策和制定合同时，我们专注于以正确的方式推进此事。”

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival. Earlier this year, Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense clashed over a contract that would give the government agency permission to deploy Claude for any lawful use. 在 Anthropic 与加州建立更紧密合作关系的同时，联邦政府却将这家 OpenAI 的竞争对手视为“敌人”。今年早些时候，Anthropic 与美国国防部因一份合同发生冲突，该合同本可授权政府机构将 Claude 用于任何合法用途。

Anthropic sought to explicitly carve out protections that prevent the government from using its technology to surveil Americans or deploy autonomous weapons without human oversight. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused, and the agency signed a deal with OpenAI instead. The government went as far as to declare Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” preventing the company from working with any other Pentagon contractors. Anthropic 试图明确加入保护条款，防止政府利用其技术监视美国公民或在无人监督的情况下部署自主武器。但国防部长皮特·海格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）拒绝了这一要求，该机构转而与 OpenAI 签署了协议。政府甚至将 Anthropic 列为“供应链风险”对象，禁止该公司与任何其他五角大楼承包商合作。

While the state’s path clearly diverges from the actions of the federal government, California’s CIO and Department of Technology director Chris Given told POLITICO that the supply-chain risk designation “just didn’t come up” while negotiating this Anthropic contract. 尽管加州的做法显然与联邦政府的行动背道而驰，但加州首席信息官兼技术部主任克里斯·吉文（Chris Given）在接受 POLITICO 采访时表示，在协商这份 Anthropic 合同时，“供应链风险”这一认定“根本没有被提及”。