Top Pentagon official reaffirms Anthropic blacklist despite Lutnick comments

The Pentagon official reaffirmed that Anthropic remains designated as a supply-chain risk for the Department of War and the Defense Industrial Base, despite comments from the Commerce Secretary suggesting the company had improved its standing. This highlights ongoing internal disagreement within the Trump administration over how the military should treat leading AI labs. What happens next will depend on whether the Defense designation is changed or maintained as other administration officials continue to weigh in, and that matters for how the Pentagon can use these models.