The Department of Defense has officially notified Anthropic leadership that the company and its products have been designated a supply chain risk, Bloomberg reports, citing a senior department official. The designation comes after weeks of conflict between the AI lab and the DOD. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has refused to allow the military to use … Read more
Hundreds of tech workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of Defense to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk.” The letter also calls on Congress to step in and “examine whether the use of these extraordinary authorities against an American technology company is appropriate.” The letter includes signatories from … Read more
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President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he is directing all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI tools. Soon after the 79-year-old’s order, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he is declaring the artificial intelligence startup as a supply-chain risk. This capped a weeks-long fight between the Pentagon and Anthropic over concerns about how … Read more
This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our position has never wavered and will never waver: the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL … Read more