New Delhi, March 18 -- The dramatic fallout between Anthropic and the US government appears far from over, with no signs of a reconciliation. The Pentagon is now working to build its own alternatives to the Claude-maker's technology, according to a senior US defense official.

The move comes after the Trump administration's decision to label the artificial intelligence (AI) company a "supply-chain risk" amid a dispute over safeguards on the military use of its technology.

Anthropic has since challenged the designation in court.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon's chief digital and AI officer, said it would take over a month to begin phasing out Anthropic's products, which are currently being used in US milita...