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Also, Anthropic Removes a Core Safety Commitment.

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Pentagon Declares Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk to National Security

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (left) and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (right)

Thursday, March 5th, the US Department of War (DoW) announced that Anthropic is designated a “supply chain risk,” meaning that Anthropic products cannot be used by the DoW or in any defense contracts. This comes after several weeks of tensions between the two organizations over whether Anthropic models would be used for [...]

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Outline:

(00:59) Pentagon Declares Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk to National Security

(05:51) Anthropic Drops Core Safety Commitment

(07:22) Opportunity for Experienced Researchers: AI and Society Fellowship

(07:58) In Other News

(08:02) Government

(09:07) Industry

(10:17) Civil Society

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First published:
March 13th, 2026

Source:
https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-69-department

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