US labels Anthropic a supply chain risk
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense after the breakdown of talks on Friday.
Anthropic, the AI company behind the popular Claude AI chatbot, received praise last week for standing up to the Trump administration over the U.S. military's use of its AI tools. However, the company may be reversing course.
Anthropic’s banned Claude AI was reportedly used in the Iran war, even after Washington ordered federal agencies to phase out the system across the government.
Microsoft is the first major company to say it will keep using Anthropic models in its products.
A day after the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, its CEO Dario Amodei says it will challenge it in court even as he apologizes for a leaked memo agitating against the Department of War.
After refusing the Pentagon’s demand for unrestricted access to its AI, Anthropic nearly faced a “supply chain risk” designation that could have cut the company off from defense contracts.
Anthropic’s moral stand on U.S. military use of artificial intelligence is reshaping the competition between leading AI companies but also exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren’t capable enough for acts of war.
Anthropic has emerged from obscurity as the industry's most formidable AI challenger. But maintaining that momentum will be a tall order, as OpenAI fights to hold its lead. Anthropic, co-founded by Dario Amodei (R), recently surpassed $19 billion in run ...