Pentagon given 180-day deadline to remove Anthropic AI products from military systems

The Trump administration has given the United States military a 180-day deadline to remove all Anthropic AI products from its servers amid concerns the tech company’s “safeguards” pose a national security threat.The move comes as the White House reportedly prepares an executive order to remove Anthropic’s artificial intelligence, Claude, from federal government operations. The order could be issued as soon as this week.
The War Department gave its leaders the 180-day deadline in a March 6 memo, which claimed Anthropic’s artificial intelligence poses an “unacceptable supply chain risk for use in all systems and networks,” according to CBS News.
“Exemptions will only be considered for mission-critical activities directly supporting national security operations where no viable alternative exists, and the requesting Component must submit a comprehensive risk mitigation plan for approval,” Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies wrote in the memo.
The memo also directs companies with business ties to the department to stop using Anthropic products by Sept. 2, on work tied to the Pentagon’s contracts. 
The moves come after the Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a supply chain risk last week, which bars defense contractors from using Anthropic’s products. Anthropic has legally challenged the designation.

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