The Pentagon on Thursday slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic, limiting use of a technology that a source said was being used for military operations in Iran. The filing in federal court in California asked a judge to undo the designation and block federal agencies from enforcing it. The Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech,” Anthropic said. Microsoft-backed MSFT.O OpenAI announced a deal to use its technology in the Defense Department network shortly after Hegseth moved to blacklist Anthropic. CEO Sam Altman said the Pentagon shared OpenAI’s principles of ensuring human oversight of weapon systems and opposing mass U.S. surveillance.

Source: Huffington Post March 09, 2026 17:09 UTC