The Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that its supply chain risk designation is effective immediately - the first time the US government has applied this label to a domestic tech company.
Dario Amodei tells a Morgan Stanley audience he is trying to 'deescalate' the Pentagon dispute, as the FT reports both sides are back at the table with under-secretary Emil Michael.
Anthropic will challenge the Pentagon's unprecedented supply chain risk designation in court, calling it legally unsound and a dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government.
President Trump directed all U.S. government agencies to immediately cease using Anthropic's technology after the company refused to drop AI safety guardrails for the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Hegseth designated Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a public statement rejecting the Pentagon's final terms, saying the proposed compromise language 'would allow those safeguards to be disregarded at will.' The Friday 5:01 PM deadline still stands.
Anthropic's updated Responsible Scaling Policy removes the binding commitment to pause AI development if safety measures fall behind. The company will now only delay training if it simultaneously leads the AI race and judges catastrophic risk to be significant.
