Anthropic Received Letter From DoW Confirming Being Designated As A 'Supply Chain Risk'

March 5 (Reuters) -

• ANTHROPIC: RECEIVED LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR CONFIRMING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS A SUPPLY CHAIN RISK TO AMERICA’S NATIONAL SECURITY

• ANTHROPIC: AS WE WROTE ON FRIDAY, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS ACTION IS LEGALLY SOUND, AND WE SEE NO CHOICE BUT TO CHALLENGE IT IN COURT

• ANTHROPIC CEO: DEPARTMENT OF WAR AND CO BOTH COMMITTED TO ADVANCING US NATIONAL SECURITY AND AGREE ON URGENCY OF APPLYING AI ACROSS GOVERNMENT

• ANTHROPIC: LANGUAGE USED BY DOW WAR MATCHES OUR STATEMENT ON FRIDAY THAT VAST MAJORITY OF CUSTOMERS ARE UNAFFECTED BY SUPPLY CHAIN RISK DESIGNATION

• ANTHROPIC: WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE HAD BEEN HAVING PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS

• ANTHROPIC CEO: "I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE DIRECTLY FOR A POST INTERNAL TO THE COMPANY THAT WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS YESTERDAY"

• ANTHROPIC: OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR WARFIGHTERS AND NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS ARE NOT DEPRIVED OF IMPORTANT TOOLS

• ANTHROPIC: OUR ONLY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN OUR EXCEPTIONS ON FULLY AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS AND MASS DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE

• ANTHROPIC: WILL PROVIDE OUR MODELS TO DEPARTMENT OF WAR & NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY, AT NOMINAL COST AND WITH CONTINUING SUPPORT FROM OUR ENGINEERS

• ANTHROPIC CEO: LEAKED INTERNAL POST "DOES NOT REFLECT MY CAREFUL OR CONSIDERED VIEWS, "IS AN OUT-OF-DATE ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION"

• ANTHROPIC: WILL PROVIDE OUR MODELS FOR AS LONG AS IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, AND FOR AS LONG AS WE ARE PERMITTED TO DO SO

• ANTHROPIC: DESIGNATION APPLIES ONLY TO USE OF CLAUDE BY CUSTOMERS AS DIRECT PART OF CONTRACTS WITH DOW, NOT ALL USE OF CLAUDE BY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE SUCH CONTRACTS

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