The US Department of Defense designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk effective immediately, comparing the startup to foreign adversaries.CEO Dario Amodei announced a legal challenge to contest this label while seeking specific exceptions for non-lethal military technology.Microsoft confirmed its 35 billion dollar partnership remains intact and will continue providing the Claude model to commercial clients on GitHub.This federal ban follows a directive from President
Donald Trump requiring all federal agencies to cease using the AI technology.