Top Pentagon official reaffirms Anthropic blacklist despite Lutnick comments

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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.”Why it matters: 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.

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