Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
The Pentagon "has ceased the use of Anthropic products", the department official said in a statement on Monday.Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth labelled Anthropic a supply chain risk in February, and announced that the Pentagon would stop using it by late August. Image source, EPAImage caption, Trump recently met with Anthropic boss Dario Amodei at the White HouseThe BBC spoke with defence contractors who specialise in AI and have worked closely with the Pentagon, as well as former US defence officials and others familiar with the Pentagon's use of artificial intelligence. Anthropic's clash with the Pentagon comes as relations with the White House appear to be warming.
- ▪The Pentagon "has ceased the use of Anthropic products", the department official said in a statement on Monday.Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth labelled Anthropic a supply chain risk in February, and announced that the Pentagon would stop
- ▪Image source, EPAImage caption, Trump recently met with Anthropic boss Dario Amodei at the White HouseThe BBC spoke with defence contractors who specialise in AI and have worked closely with the Pentagon, as well as former US defence offici
- ▪Anthropic's clash with the Pentagon comes as relations with the White House appear to be warming.
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Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC toldImage source, ReutersImage caption, Defence secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly criticised Anthropic's boss Dario AmodeiByKali Hays, Technology reporter in San Francisco and Daniel Bush, Washington correspondentPublished3 hours agoThe US Department of Defence is no longer using Anthropic's AI tools, an official has told the BBC, months after it designated the company a supply chain risk on national security grounds. The Pentagon "has ceased the use of Anthropic products", the department official said in a statement on Monday.Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth labelled Anthropic a supply chain risk in February, and announced that the Pentagon would stop using it by late August.
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