Pentagon officially labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk
Anthropic becomes the first American company to get the label, after refusing to allow Claude to be used for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
What happened?
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Defense formally notified Anthropic's leadership that the company and its products have been designated a supply-chain risk.
The label is usually reserved for companies from adversary nations. Anthropic is the first American company to receive it.
What does it mean?
Any company or agency working with the Pentagon must certify that it does not use Anthropic's models.
How did it start?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to let the military use Claude for two things:
- Mass surveillance of Americans.
- Fully autonomous weapons.
According to Bloomberg, Claude is a key tool in Palantir's Maven Smart System. OpenAI signed its own Pentagon deal allowing use for "all lawful purposes."
Amodei called the Pentagon's actions "retaliatory and punitive."
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