{"id":108620,"date":"2026-03-02T15:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/896928860"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:28:57","slug":"tech-workers-urge-dod-congress-to-withdraw-anthropic-label-as-a-supply-chain-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/tech-workers-urge-dod-congress-to-withdraw-anthropic-label-as-a-supply-chain-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply-chain risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds of tech workers have signed an open letter<\/a> urging the Department of Defense to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a \u201csupply-chain risk.\u201d The letter also calls on Congress to step in and \u201cexamine whether the use of these extraordinary authorities against an American technology company is appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter includes signatories from major technology and venture capital firms, including OpenAI, Slack, IBM, Cursor, Salesforce Ventures, and more. It follows a dispute between the DOD and Anthropic<\/a> after the AI lab last week refused to give the military<\/a> unrestricted access to its AI systems. <\/p>\n

Anthropic\u2019s two red lines in its negotiations with the Pentagon were that it didn\u2019t want its technology to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or to power autonomous weapons that could target and fire without a human in the loop. The DOD said it had no plans to do either of those things but that it didn\u2019t believe it should be limited by the rules of a vendor. <\/p>\n

After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei declined to reach an agreement with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic\u2019s technology after a six-month transition period. Hegseth then moved to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk \u2014 a designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries that would blacklist the AI firm from working with any agency or company that does business with the Pentagon. <\/p>\n

In a post on Friday<\/a>, Hegseth wrote: \u201cEffective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic.\u201d <\/p>\n

But a post on X does not automatically make Anthropic a supply-chain risk. The government needs to complete a risk assessment and notify Congress before military partners have to cut ties with Anthropic or its products. Anthropic said in a blog post<\/a> the designation is \u201clegally unsound\u201d and that it would \u201cchallenge any supply chain risk designation in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many in the industry see the administration\u2019s treatment of Anthropic as harsh and clear retaliation. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen two parties cannot agree on terms, the normal course is to part ways and work with a competitor,\u201d the open letter reads. \u201cThis situation sets a dangerous precedent. Punishing an American company for declining to accept changes to a contract sends a clear message to every technology company in America: accept whatever terms the government demands, or face retaliation.\u201d <\/p>\n

Beyond concern over the government\u2019s harsh treatment of Anthropic, many in the industry are still concerned about potential government overreach and use of AI for nefarious purposes. <\/p>\n

Boaz Barak, an OpenAI researcher, wrote in a social media post<\/a> on Monday that blocking governments from using AI to do mass domestic surveillance is also his \u201cpersonal red line\u201d and \u201cit should be all of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moments after Trump publicly attacked Anthropic, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal<\/a> of its own for its models to be deployed in the DOD\u2019s classified environments. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said last week that the firm has the same red lines as Anthropic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything good can come out of the events of the last week, it would be if we in the AI industry start treating the issue of using AI for government abuse and surveilling its own people as a catastrophic risk of its own right,\u201d Barak wrote. \u201cWe have done a good job of evaluations, mitigations, and processes, for risks such as bioweapons and cyber security. Let\u2019s use similar processes here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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