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defmacr0 | 13 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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chrisjj|13 days ago

> "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.