Anthropic vs Pentagon: US designates AI firm as ‘supply chain risk’ amid feud, terminates $200 million contract

The Pentagon on Friday declared Anthropic as a Supply Chain Risk after US President Donald Trump ordered government agencies of his country to stop using the AI startup's products, effectively capping the feud between the startup and the US military over guardrails on its technology.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a post announced the decision, asking the Pentagon to stop its contractors and their partners from doing any kind of business with Anthropic.“In conjunction with the President's directive for th ...