Anthropic Responds to Department of War Designation as Supply Chain Risk Over AI Use Negotiations
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Summary
Anthropic responds to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's announcement that the Department of War is designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk. The company states this follows months of failed negotiations over two specific exceptions they requested regarding lawful use of their AI model Claude: prohibiting mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons. Anthropic emphasizes they have not received direct communication from the Department of War or White House about the status of negotiations and claim they have acted in good faith to reach an agreement while supporting all lawful uses of their technology.
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We have not yet received direct communication from the Department of War or the White House on the status of our negotiations.
We have tried in good faith to reach an agreement with the Department of War, making clear that we support all law
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