About two hours after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the government would prohibit Anthropic products, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fell in line, intensifying the dispute by labeling Anthropic as a “supply-chain risk.” This designation, which Anthropic aims to challenge in court, could quickly impact companies like Palantir and AWS that use Claude in Pentagon contracts. The precise scope remains unclear, but Anthropic claims the risk label is limited to Department of Defense agreements.
Amid talks about usage rules, the Pentagon required Anthropic to allow Claude to be used without restriction-including for autonomous weapons and surveillance-or face being marked a supply-chain risk. Hegseth extended this order to all commercial relationships with Anthropic, stressing Trump’s directive that businesses should stop using Anthropic products within six months. These measures follow the Department of Defense’s previous pressure, which included possible action under the Defense Production Act.
Anthropic disagrees with the Pentagon’s actions and says it was not properly and directly notified by defense officials or the White House. The company also argues the Defense Secretary does not have the legal power for this designation and states that the risk label should only apply to military contracts, not broader use by contractors. Anthropic has signaled its intent to sue the government.
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