The Pentagon formally labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a property league connected US subject enactment successful Iran, astatine the Pentagon successful Washington, DC, connected March 2, 2026. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

After weeks of failed negotiations, nationalist ultimatums, and suit threats, the Defense Department has formally labeled Anthropic a "supply-chain risk", escalating its combat with the AI institution implicit their acceptable usage policies and perchance bringing their combat to court.

The decision, first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, citing 1 root familiar, volition barroom defence contractors from moving with the authorities if they usage Claude, Anthropic's AI program, successful their products. Though the designation is typically applied to overseas companies with ties to adversarial governments, this is the archetypal clip that an America …

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