Washington DC, Feb. 28 -- The face-off between Dario Amodei-led Anthropic AI and the US administration intensified on Friday (local time). First, it was Secretary of War Pete Hegseth launching into a diatribe against Anthropic, accusing them of engaging in duplicity, then it was Anthropic's turn. Amodei's company, in its statement, called the US administration's decision to label it a supply chain risk legally unsound.

"Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk. This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Am...