Pentagon: Anthropic's foreign workforce poses security risks
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Pentagon claims Anthropic's foreign workforce poses national security risks; company challenges designation in court with March 24 hearing scheduled.
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The Pentagon is claiming in a court filing that Anthropic's employment of foreign workers, including many from China, poses national security risks due to potential compliance with Beijing's National Intelligence Law. Pentagon undersecretary Emil Michael wrote in a March 17 declaration that the company's reliance on foreign nationals "increases the degree of adversarial risk," contrasting Anthropic unfavorably with other major U.S. AI labs whose leadership has demonstrated "consistently responsible and trustworthy behavior" with the Defense Department. The filing supports the Pentagon's earlier designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, which the company is challenging in court. Anthropic argues the concerns are overblown, noting the company last year disrupted a Chinese espionage campaign on its platform and has implemented advanced security measures like research compartmentalization—practices it pioneered as the first AI lab to partner with the Pentagon. A hearing on whether to grant Anthropic temporary relief from the supply chain designation is scheduled for March 24.
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Anthropic is challenging the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation in court; a hearing is scheduled for March 24 to determine if temporary relief will be granted.
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