{"id":191410,"date":"2026-02-27T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/hegseth-designates-anthropic-as-supply-chain-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:25:12","slug":"hegseth-designates-anthropic-as-supply-chain-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/hegseth-designates-anthropic-as-supply-chain-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth Designates Anthropic As Supply Chain Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antoniopequenoiv\/2026\/02\/27\/hegseth-designates-anthropic-as-supply-chain-risk-after-trump-bans-government-us\/\">Hegseth Designates Anthropic As Supply Chain Risk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antoniopequenoiv\/2026\/02\/27\/hegseth-designates-anthropic-as-supply-chain-risk-after-trump-bans-government-us\/\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/antoniopequenoiv\/2026\/02\/27\/hegseth-designates-anthropic-as-supply-chain-risk-after-trump-bans-government-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-27 18:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.forbes.com\">www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to designate AI firm Anthropic as a supply chain risk, following President Trump&#8217;s directive for federal agencies to halt usage of the company&#8217;s technology.<\/li>\n<li>Anthropic refused Pentagon&#8217;s request for unrestricted access to its AI models, citing ethical concerns over potential use for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.<\/li>\n<li>Trump accused Anthropic of strong-arming the government, posting on Truth Social that the U.S. will not let a &#8220;radical left, woke company&#8221; 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