New Delhi, March 6 -- The United States Department of War (formerly Dept of Defense) and Anthropic PBC have confirmed that the artificial intelligence company has been formally designated as a 'Supply Chain Risk' (SCR) by the government.

In a blog post on Thursday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that the company received a letter from the DoW the day prior, on 4 March, to this effect, and added that Anthropic would pursue legal action against the move.

Amodei also apologised for a leaked internal memo in which he criticised US President Donald Trump, adding in the statement that the assessment was "out-of-date" and not of the company's.

"Yesterday (March 4) Anthropic received a letter from the Department of War confirming that we have...