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Feds call Anthropic supply-chain risk, tech companies aren’t happy about it

A group that includes Apple, Google, and others has sent a letter to the US Department of Defense concerning Anthropic’s supply-chain risk designation, clearly concerned about how that might affect future tech contracts.

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The tech industry could be affected by arbitrary use of supply-chain risk designations

Anthropic took a moral stand against the United States government’s request for unrestricted access to AI tools. The Trump administration retaliated by ordering all government entities to stop using Claude and designated the company as a supply-chain risk.

The designation is usually reserved for foreign national entities that pose a threat to United States infrastructure.

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