PANews reported on February 16th that, according to Jinshi, a senior Pentagon official stated that US Defense Secretary Hergsays is "about to" sever commercial ties with Anthropic and designate the artificial intelligence company as a "supply chain risk," meaning anyone wanting to do business with the US military must cut ties with the company. Anthropic's Claude is currently the only available AI model in the US military's classified systems and is a world leader in many commercial applications. Pentagon officials have highly praised Claude's capabilities. However, the Pentagon accuses Anthropic of imposing harsh restrictions on how the US Department of Defense uses its tools, including wanting to ensure that its tools are not used for mass surveillance of Americans or for developing weapons that can be launched without human intervention.