Pentagon Designates Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk; Company Sues DOD

Secretary of War Hegseth invoked federal law to designate Anthropic and its Claude systems as a supply chain risk effective immediately, the first time the designation has been applied to an American company. The dispute centers on Anthropic's red lines against mass surveillance of U.S. citizens and autonomous weapons; the Pentagon wants unrestricted 'lawful purpose' access. Anthropic filed suit against DOD. Paradoxically, daily signups surged past 1 million, briefly making Claude the top AI app globally.