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Anthropic PBC Designated as Supply Chain Risk by United States Department of War

Anthropic PBC, an artificial intelligence company, has been formally designated as a Supply Chain Risk (SCR) by the United States Department of War (DoW).

Key Developments

• On 4 March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei received a letter from the DoW confirming the designation.
• Anthropic has stated that it does not believe the action is legally sound and will pursue legal action against the move.
• The company has apologized for a leaked internal memo that criticized US President Donald Trump.

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Impact on Anthropic and Customers

• The SCR designation only applies to the use of Claude, Anthropic's AI model, as part of contracts with the DoW and not to its use by customers for other purposes.
• Individual customers and those with commercial contracts with Anthropic will not be affected.
• DoW contractors may see their use of Claude restricted to DoW contract work, but will not be impacted for use related to other customers.

Company Response and Future Plans

• Anthropic has stated that it will continue to provide its models to the national security community at nominal cost and with support from its engineers.
• The company has committed to ensuring that national security experts are not deprived of important tools.
• Anthropic will prioritize providing its models to the DoW and the national security community for as long as necessary and as long as permitted.

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