Emil Michael called Claude's safety principles contamination. Big Tech filed amicus briefs. Anthropic faces billions in commercial fallout.
Emil Michael chose his word carefully. On Thursday morning, the Pentagon's chief technology officer told CNBC that Anthropic's Claude would "pollute" the Defense Department's supply chain. Not compromise it. Not weaken it. Pollute.
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37 OpenAI and Google researchers, led by Jeff Dean, filed amicus brief backing Anthropic in DOD lawsuit over supply chain risk designation.
Anthropic filed two lawsuits challenging the Pentagon's supply chain risk label, the first ever applied to a US company.
U.S. strikes on Iran and Venezuela cut China's oil supply. $690B in AI capex depends on TSMC chips from Taiwan, where PLA drills are escalating.
Commerce Department proposes global licensing for AI chip exports, requiring foreign governments to invest in US infrastructure for large orders.
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