Microsoft says Anthropic’s products remain available to customers after Pentagon blacklist
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Microsoft is the first major company to say it will keep using Anthropic models in its products.
Microsoft said Thursday that it will keep startup Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology embedded in its products for clients, excluding the U.S. Department of War.
Earlier on Thursday, the federal agency informed Anthropic that it would label the company a supply-chain risk. Anthropic subsequently said it intends to challenge the move in court.
Last week U.S. President Donald Trump called for federal agencies to drop their use of Anthropic, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Anthropic would keep providing its services to the Pentagon for no more than six months. CNBC has confirmed that Anthropic models played a role in U.S. airstrikes on Iran in recent days.
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