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Anthropic is now tagged as a Supply-Chain Risk to National Security by the Department of War, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who posted a long statement on X targeting the AI company. Pete said his department is permanently breaking up with Anthropic, adhering to President Donald Trump’s public demanda that all federal government agencies stop using Anthropic’s tech “immediately.” As Cryptopolitan previously reported, Anthropic wanted two limits on how its AI gets used, saying no fully autonomous weapons and no mass domestic surveillance of Americans. US Pentagon chief orders Anthropic retaliation designation and lays out the ban Pete wrote in his X post that the Department of War simply had “have full, unrestricted access” to Anthropic models for “every LAWFUL purpose.” He also attacked Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s CEO, and said the company used “effective altruism” language while trying to force the military’s hand. Pete then said that the company’s “true objective” was “to seize veto power over the operational decisions of the United States military.” The US defense chief then wrote that Anthropic is “fundamentally incompatible with American principles,” and said its relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces and the federal government had been “permanently altered.” Pete wrote that:- “In conjunction with the President’s directive for the Federal Government to cease all use of Anthropic’s technology, I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk to National Security. Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic.” Pete also added a transition window, saying that Anthropic will keep providing services to the Department of War “for a period of no more than six months” so the Pentagon can switch to something else. He ended with, “This decision is final.” The deadline…

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