DOD Halts Use of Anthropic AI After Court Upholds Supply Chain Risk Designation

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has officially ceased all operational use of Anthropic products following a months-long standoff over safety guardrails. “The Department of War has ceased the use of Anthropic products,” a department spokesperson told MeriTalk. Under the Trump administration, the DOD was rebranded as the Department of War. The move comes eight months after the Pentagon designated the artificial intelligence (AI) company a supply chain risk. The dispute began with the Pentagon’s push to use Claude for “all lawful uses.” Anthropic objected to two applications: mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

First reported by MeriTalk. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.