According to a press statement by Anthropic, the US Department of War has formally designated the Anthropic as a supply-chain risk due to its attempts to restrict the Pentagon’s use of its Claude AI model, a label typically reserved for foreign firms linked to U.S. adversaries, which may compel companies working with the U.S. military to sever ties with Anthropic. The Pentagon emphasized the necessity for military access to technology for lawful purposes and stated that it would not permit vendors to limit the use of critical capabilities, thereby endangering warfighters. Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, previously communicated to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Claude would not be used for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons, and the company plans to contest the supply-chain risk designation in court.
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