Anthropic says it will challenge Pentagon's supply chain risk designation in court - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPd3lkWFJsNG1SVHVlc1BZbGdYWGdYbzNBN3ZOV0VrNXBaSFJzMVotQ3R4d0FiTjJqM1YwakEtdEJwUmhnTmpFX2xLVVZKZGlwUDF2VGhMOVYzTndXTGNQWHFOZUtYanhFak4xX2VISkpQWHZIdlc1VnhSOGFKcXlBZ3FROHQ5RWlyZUlralgzX1lLLWd1QVJHZ1pKaUEtNDNFX3lWVXVwblJIV2Jud1FGdUVTTmV6TURURzRPbjJQNEg?oc=5" target="_blank">Anthropic says it will challenge Pentagon's supply chain risk designation in court</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Anthropic has announced plans to take legal action against the Trump administration's Pentagon over its decision to blacklist the AI company, citing concerns over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.

A former Trump administration AI official has sharply criticized the Pentagon's recent blacklisting of Anthropic, characterizing it as 'attempted corporate murder' and raising concerns about the politicization of national security decisions.

Anthropic said Thursday it 'cannot in good conscience' comply with a demand from the Pentagon to remove safety precautions from its artificial intelligence model and grant the US military unfettered access to its AI capabilities.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he will designate artificial intelligence firm Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security, handing down the designation after President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using technology from the company.

The Pentagon will now move to sever its contract with Anthropic — valued at up to $200 million — and require companies it works with to certify they don't use Claude in those workflows.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a 'supply chain risk to national security' following days of increasingly heated public conflict over the company's effort to place guardrails on the Pentagon's use of its technology.