Pentagon Declares Major AI Company a Threat to Military Supply Chain

The Department of War is declaring war on an American company.

The Pentagon has officially deemed the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic PBC to be a “supply chain risk” over an ongoing dispute concerning restrictions Anthropic wants to place on the military’s use of its AI programs, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

The designation is normally used for foreign companies based in nations that are adversaries of the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal.

It not only cuts Anthropic out of government contracting...