Tech Giants Back Anthropic Following Pete Hegseth's Risk Label

The Information Technology Industry Council and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are criticizing Pete Hegseth for designating Anthropic as a supply-chain risk.The designation followed a dispute where Anthropic refused to allow its Claude AI models to be used by the military for autonomous weapons or surveillance.Despite Donald Trump ordering a federal phaseout of the technology, reports indicate the US military recently used Claude during operations against Iran.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is currently seeking to de-escalate the situation with the Pentagon while preparing a legal challenge against the risk label.