"Anthropic's two red lines in its negotiations with the Pentagon were that it didn't want its technology to be used for mass surveillance on Americans or to power autonomous weapons that made targeting and firing decisions without a human in the loop. The DOD said it had no plans to do either of those things, but that it didn't believe it should be limited by the rules of a vendor."
"In response to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's refusal to cave to Hegseth's threats, President Donald Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology after a six-month transition period. Hegseth said he would make good on his threats and designate Anthropic a supply chain risk - a designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries that would blacklist the AI firm from working with any agency or company that does business with the Pentagon."
"But a post on X does not automatically make Anthropic a supply chain risk. The government needs to complete a risk assessment and notify Congress before military partners have to cut ties with Anthropic or its products. Anthropic said in a blog post the destination is both 'legally unsound'"
Hundreds of technology workers from major firms including OpenAI, Slack, IBM, and Salesforce Ventures signed an open letter opposing the Department of Defense's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. The dispute arose after Anthropic refused to provide the military unrestricted access to its AI systems, maintaining two conditions: no mass surveillance on Americans and no autonomous weapons without human control. Despite DOD assurances it had no such plans, the agency rejected being bound by vendor restrictions. President Trump subsequently directed federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology after a six-month transition period, with Defense Secretary Hegseth threatening the supply chain risk designation, which would blacklist Anthropic from Pentagon-related business.
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