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by defmacr0 126 days ago
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is 'close' to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a 'supply chain risk' — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon official told Axios."
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> "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is 'close' to cutting business ties with Anthropic

No problem there, given their inability to agree contract terms.

> and designating the AI company a 'supply chain risk'

Problem there. Looks like spite. US Govt. harming the supplier that won't play ball helps the competitors that might - and sends them a warning.