The Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that the company and its state-of-the-art AI products have been designated a supply-chain risk, US media reported, escalating a bitter dispute over AI safeguards.
It is the first time a US company has received such a designation, which until now was reserved for firms from adversary countries, such as China’s Huawei.
The formal designation will require defence vendors and contractors to certify that they do not use Anthropic’s Claude models in their work with the Pentagon, which could prove to have wider consequences for the company.
“DOW officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are…