{"slug": "anthropic-still-flagged-as-risk-to-defense-industrial-base-us-official-says", "title": "Anthropic still flagged as risk to defense industrial base, US official says", "summary": "U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael said on Thursday that Anthropic remains a designated 'Supply Chain Risk' at the Department of Defense and across the defense industrial base, countering suggestions of improved relations between the AI company and the Trump administration.", "body_md": "WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Emil Michael, the U.S. under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said in a Thursday post on X that Anthropic remains a designated \"Supply Chain Risk\" at the Department of Defense and across the defense industrial base, pushing back against suggestions of a thaw in relations between the AI company and the Trump administration.\n\n(Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Mark Porter)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-still-flagged-as-risk-to-defense-industrial-base-us-official-says", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/anthropic-still-flagged-risk-defense-133047387.html", "published_at": "2026-09-03 13:30:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 13:54:07.954718+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Emil Michael", "Anthropic", "Department of Defense", "Trump administration"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-still-flagged-as-risk-to-defense-industrial-base-us-official-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-still-flagged-as-risk-to-defense-industrial-base-us-official-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-still-flagged-as-risk-to-defense-industrial-base-us-official-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-still-flagged-as-risk-to-defense-industrial-base-us-official-says.jsonld"}}