{"slug": "top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist", "title": "Top Pentagon Official Reaffirms Anthropic Blacklist", "summary": "Pentagon official Emil Michael said Thursday that Anthropic remains a 'supply chain risk,' contradicting Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's statement that the company is 'back on the right side.' The disagreement highlights a lack of alignment within the Trump administration over the AI lab's military use.", "body_md": "“Pentagon official Emil Michael on Thursday said that Anthropic is still considered a ‘supply chain risk,’ a day after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the company is ‘back on the right side,'” [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/09/03/pentagon-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist) reports.\n\n“The Trump administration is not entirely aligned on one of the world’s leading AI labs following months of fighting over how the military can use its models.”", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/03/top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist/", "published_at": "2026-09-03 22:55:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-04 03:22:19.680206+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Emil Michael", "Howard Lutnick", "Pentagon", "Commerce Department", "Trump administration"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/top-pentagon-official-reaffirms-anthropic-blacklist.jsonld"}}