[hn_throwaway_99]

Supply chain risk is a very specific designation, meaning not only would Anthropic lose Pentagon contracts, but no other company with Pentagon contracts would be allowed to use them either. It would have the effect of being a near industry-wide blackballing of Anthropic given all the major companies that have contracts with the DoD.

[gaigalas]

Yes. Incredible, isn't it? I'm curious at what would make the government do that.

[thephyber]

_The Art of the Deal_.

The US federal government is no longer a good faith actor acting on behalf of American citizens and following US law, but now an autonomous corporation aiming to “get the best deal” via maximum leverage.

[AnimalMuppet]

I can think of at least one possibility - confidentiality failure. If the customer data was not contained - especially if it was DoD data - that would be reason to do such a thing.

[pjc50]

They thought it would work, and it did?