Anthropic-Pentagon deal negotiations fail, Claude AI maker officially designated supply chain risk’

After a brief attempt to renegotiate the terms and conditions of the deal with the US Department of Defense, Anthropic has now been officially designated a supply chain risk by the Pentagon. The Pentagon has formally declared the San Francisco-based AI company and its products, including the popular AI chatbot Claude, as a “supply chain risk” to national security, effective immediately.

The Pentagon stated in an official statement that it has “officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately.”