From left, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speak at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images)
The Pentagon’s Emil Michael said the Claude maker is still designated a supply chain risk after Commerce Secretary Lutnick indicated Anthropic and Trump were “in tune.”
Chief Information Officer Patrick Newbold said that while he was excited that roughly 80% of staff uses AI, he questioned whether that metric mattered.
A federal district judge found the government's actions, including the Pentagon’s designation that Anthropic posed a supply chain risk, were “illegal and baseless.”
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management headquarters is pictured on Dec. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The human capital agency said AI uses that support applicant evaluation and pre-offer quality control likely don’t fall into a category that requires more risk management scrutiny.
The NSF programs include one aimed at Hispanic-serving institutions that was established under bipartisan legislation and signed into law by President George W. Bush.
Large lettering marks the main entrance to the General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters on July 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Millions of federal employees have been using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude under OneGov deals that are expiring next month.
Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
The Government Accountability Office found DOGE’s supposed cost-cutting tally lacked transparency, including listing savings that came before its launch.