# Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company

https://mins.news/en/item/86737

- BBC News, 2026-10-05 16:13 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5j9x9pr0240o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The US Department of Defence has stopped using Anthropic’s AI products, an official told the BBC, months after Pete Hegseth designated the company a national security supply-chain risk. People familiar with the Pentagon’s work said Claude was still widely used as recently as last week for research, intelligence and military operations against Iran.

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