Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court

Anthropic announced it will legally challenge the Department of Defense's decision to label the company a supply-chain risk (a designation that can prevent a company from working with the Pentagon), which the company's CEO called "legally unsound." The dispute arose because the DOD wanted unrestricted access to Anthropic's Claude AI system for all military purposes, while Anthropic refused to allow its AI to be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. Anthropic argues the designation is too broad and violates the law's requirement to use the least restrictive means necessary to protect the supply chain.