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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nClaude-maker Anthropic has been officially designated as \u201cnation security risk\u201d in America, becoming the first US company to get the label. In an official statement, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that the AI firm now has no choice but to challenge the supply chain risk designation. \u201cYesterday (March 4) Anthropic received a letter from the Department of War confirming that we have been designated as a supply chain risk to America\u2019s national security,\u201d Amodei said in the statement. \u201cAs we wrote on Friday (February 27), we do not believe this action is legally sound, and we see no choice but to challenge it in court,\u201d he added.Dario Amodei further stated that the language used by the Department of War in the letter (even supposing it was legally sound) matches the company\u2019s statement on Friday \u201cthat the vast majority of our customers are unaffected by a supply chain risk designation.\u201d \u201cWith respect to our customers, it plainly applies only to the use of Claude by customers as a direct part of contracts with the Department of War, not all use of Claude by customers who have such contracts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In the statement, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that the government\u2019s decision has a very limited impact. According to the company, the law used by the Department of War is meant only to protect government supply chains, not to punish companies. \u201cThe Department\u2019s letter has a narrow scope, and this is because the relevant statute (10 USC 3252) is narrow, too. It exists to protect the government rather than to punish a supplier; in fact, the law requires the Secretary of War to use the least restrictive means necessary to accomplish the goal of protecting the supply chain,\u201d he wrote.As a result, the designation cannot block companies from using Anthropic\u2019s AI or working with the company in general. \u201cEven for Department of War contractors, the supply chain risk designation doesn\u2019t (and can\u2019t) limit uses of Claude or business relationships with Anthropic if those are unrelated to their specific Department of War contracts,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n The dispute between Anthropic AI and Pentagon originates from the AI company refusing to lift its safeguard and let the military use it for “all lawful purposes.” Despite being the only AI model running in the military’s classified systems, the AI firm has consistently insisted on blocking Claude’s use for what it calls the mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that fire without human involvement.For those unaware, Anthropic’s Claude was used during the operation to capture Venezuela’s Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, through Anthropic’s partnership with Palantir. According to reports, the company\u2019s AI tool was also used during the Iran strikes. The Pentagon gave an ultimatum to the company last week before announcing it a \u2018supply chain risk\u2019. Calling the decision \u201cretaliatory\u201d and \u201cpunitive\u201d, Anthropic CEO said that US President Trump disliked the company for not giving \u2018dictator-style praise\u2019. Recently, the company said that it is in talks with U.S. Department of Defense about the use of its AI models by the US military. <\/div>\n\nAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei: Trump admin\u2019s decision has limited impact<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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