Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

Source: The Verge

Overview

Nearly two hours after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was banning Anthropic products from the federal government, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took it one step further and announced that he was now designating the AI company as a “supply‑chain risk,” which Anthropic says it is willing to challenge in court.

The decision could immediately impact numerous major tech companies that use Claude in their work for the Pentagon, including Palantir and AWS. It is not yet clear to what extent the Pentagon may blacklist companies that contract with Claude for other services outside of national security.

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