Anthropic still flagged as risk to defense industrial base, US official says

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.

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. Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Mark Porter