Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation
6 hours ago
- #Department of Defense
- #legal dispute
- #AI regulation
- Anthropic filed a complaint against the Department of Defense (DOD) over being labeled a supply chain risk.
- The conflict arose from disagreements on military access to Anthropic's AI systems, with red lines against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued for unrestricted AI access for 'any lawful purpose.'
- Anthropic called the DOD's actions 'unprecedented and unlawful,' citing constitutional protections for speech.
- The supply chain risk label typically applies to foreign adversaries and restricts Pentagon-related entities from using Anthropic's models.