Pentagon is still calling Anthropic a supply chain risk despite court ruling

The Pentagon still considers Anthropic a supply chain risk, according to Emil Michael, a top Defense Department official. This stance comes despite Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's assertion that Anthropic has patched up its relations with the Trump administration and is "back on the right side." Lutnick expressed trust in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, stating the company has done what was asked of it.

The disagreement between the Pentagon and Commerce Department highlights the Trump administration's divided stance on Anthropic, one of the world's leading AI labs. The company has been at odds with the military over the use of its models, and tensions escalated earlier this year under Amodei's leadership. However, Anthropic has been working to improve its relationship with the White House, including elevating co-founder Tom Brown's role.

A federal judge struck down the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk in August, but the company is still fighting a separate Pentagon designation under a different statute in the D.C. Circuit, according to Axios.

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