Pete Hegseth has made good on his threat to destroy leading AI firm Anthropic, using a little-used authority to designate it as a "supply-chain risk." It's a boneheaded move that won't make supply chains any safer, but will harm American interests and deter investment in new technologies.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The Defense Department on Thursday formally notified Anthropic’s leadership that the company and its AI tools present security threats that require an action normally reserved for businesses from foreign adversaries, a senior Pentagon official said. The official said the military wouldn’t allow a vendor to insert itself into the chain of command and

The Defense Department on Thursday formally notified Anthropic’s leadership that the company and its AI tools present security threats that require an action normally reserved for businesses from foreign adversaries, a senior Pentagon official said.

The official said the military wouldn’t allow a vendor to insert itself into the chain of command and

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