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Anthropic maintains high-level Trump administration contacts despite Pentagon's recent supply-chain risk designation

Anthropic maintains high-level Trump administration contacts despite Pentagon's recent supply-chain risk designation

3 Key Points

  1. Anthropic has been designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, yet continues diplomatic engagement with Trump administration officials

  2. The company is actively communicating with senior-level members of the administration despite the security designation

  3. This suggests a potential thaw in relations between Anthropic and the Trump administration's approach to AI oversight

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