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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon over risk designation

The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.

* US deems AI firm Anthropic a supply chain risk, setting stage for legal fight
* Pentagon's designation makes it first time a US company has been labelled a supply chain risk
* Anthropic refuses to give defence agencies unfettered access to its AI tools over concerns of mass surveillance and autonomous weapons
* CEO Dario Amodei says the decision is "legally sound" and plans to challenge it in court
* Tech giant Microsoft says it will continue to embed Anthropic technology in products, except for US Department of Defense
* Rival OpenAI has stepped in with a new contract with the defence department that includes more guardrails than previous agreements
* Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk "shortsighted and self-destructive"
* Anthropic's AI app Claude remains popular, with over 1 million people signing up every day