Pentagon informed Anthropic it is a supply chain risk, official says
The Straits Times
The move limits use of a technology that a source said was being tapped for military operations in Iran. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Pentagon slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on artificial intelligence lab Anthropic on March 5, limiting use of a technology that a source said was being tapped for military operations in Iran.
The risk designation follows a months-long dispute over the company’s insistence on safeguards that the Defence Department said went too far.
The “supply-chain risk” label, effective immediately, bars government contractors from using Anthropic’s technology in their work for the US military.
The action comes as the department is relying on Anthropic’s technology, called Claude, to provide support for military operations, including in Iran, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The action represented an extraordinary rebuke by the US against an American tech company that was earlier than its rivals to work with the Pentagon.
Claude likely is being used to analyse intelligence and assist with operational planning.
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