… The administration ultimately issued several directives, including designating the company a supply-chain risk, which have had the effect of slowly halting Claude usage across the federal government and hurting Anthropic’s sales and public reputation. …
… Historically, supply-chain-risk designations have been reserved for keeping Chinese technologies out of US military systems to preserve operational security. …
… Several other AI leaders have also publicly questioned the Pentagon’s decision to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk. …
… A grocery store chain canceled a sales meeting, citing the supply-chain-risk designation, Smith added. “All have taken steps that reflect deep distrust and a growing fear of associating with Anthropic,” Smith wrote. …
… Anthropic spokesperson Danielle Cohen says the company is grateful the Washington, DC, court “recognized these issues need to be resolved quickly” and remains confident “the courts will ultimately agree that these supply chain designations were unlawful.” The Department of Defense did not immediate… …
“It looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic,” Lin said of the Pentagon designating the company a supply-chain risk. “It looks like the department is punishing Anthropic for trying to bring public scrutiny to this contract dispute, which of course would be a violation of the First Amendment.” Ant… …
… Zohra Tejani, a partner at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw who counsels tech companies on federal contracts, says that Anthropic may ultimately succeed in freeing itself of the supply-chain-risk label and resume its normal work with many customers. …
… This month, defense secretary Pete Hegseth labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a designation that will prevent the Department of Defense from using the company’s software, including through contractors, over the coming months. …
… Cisco Source Code Stolen in Software Supply Chain Breach Spree Cybersecurity news outlet Bleeping Computer reported this week that Cisco had been the latest victim of a software supply chain hacking spree, which has now resulted in the theft of portions of the company’s source code and that of some… …
… Singer notes that while the US has the world’s best AI chips, China’s supply chain gives its robotics companies a hardware edge. “Both sides have key parts of the supply chain that they might be able to weaponize, but here they are working together,” he says. …