Pentagon blacklists Anthropic, halts use of its AI tools
X-Risk Daily
Tuesday 06 October 2026
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The US Department of Defense has formally stopped using Anthropic's AI products, a defence official told the BBC, closing out a dispute that began when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated the company a national security "supply chain risk" in February, a label usually reserved for firms from adversarial nations such as Huawei.
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