Pentagon weighs labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk, threatening military ties

The Pentagon is reportedly close to designating Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk' and severing military ties, which would force defense contractors to drop Anthropic's Claude. Negotiations with Anthropic and peers OpenAI, Google and xAI center on terms for 'all lawful uses' in defense, while Anthropic seeks safeguards against surveillance and weaponization. Claude is already used in classified systems and even during the Maduro raid, and a contract potentially up to $200 million hangs in the balance.