{"id":219234,"date":"2026-02-27T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/pentagon-designates-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-over-ai-military-dispute\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:05:19","slug":"pentagon-designates-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-over-ai-military-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/pentagon-designates-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-over-ai-military-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-27 23:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a “supply chain risk.”<\/p>\n

“This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons,” the company said.<\/p>\n

“No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.”<\/p>\n

In a social media post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was ordering all federal agencies to phase out the use of Anthropic technology within the next six months. A subsequent X post from Hegseth mandated that all contractors, suppliers, and partners doing business with the U.S. military cease any “commercial activity with Anthropic” effective immediately.<\/p>\n

“In conjunction with the President’s directive for the Federal Government to cease all use of Anthropic’s technology, I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk to National Security,” Hegseth wrote.<\/p>\n

The designation comes after weeks of negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the use of its AI models by the U.S. military. In a post published this week, the company argued that its contracts should not facilitate mass domestic surveillance or the development of autonomous weapons, citing reasons that the technology isn’t capable enough to support them safely and reliably.<\/p>\n

“We support the use of AI for lawful foreign intelligence and counterintelligence missions,” Anthropic noted. “But using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values. AI-driven mass surveillance presents serious, novel risks to our fundamental liberties.”<\/p>\n

The company also called out the U.S. Department of War’s (DoW) position that it will only work with AI companies that allow “any…<\/p>\n

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