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Anthropic Slams 'Unprecedented' Supply Chain Risk Label by Pentagon

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Firstpost•28-02-2026, 08:17

Anthropic Slams 'Unprecedented' Supply Chain Risk Label by Pentagon

•Anthropic responds to US Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth's directive designating it a "supply chain risk."
•The company calls the action "unprecedented," usually reserved for US adversaries, not American companies.
•Anthropic states it supports lawful AI uses for national security, with narrow exceptions for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
•President Trump ordered federal agencies to cease using Anthropic AI, calling it a "radical left" and "woke company."
•Hegseth directed that no contractor or partner doing business with the US military may conduct commercial activity with Anthropic.

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