Jessica Mendoza

And tensions between Anthropic and the Defense Department would spiral into a full-blown standoff.

That's next.

In January, the U.S.

military ordered a strike on Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolas Maduro.

The Wall Street Journal has since reported that Claude was used in that operation.

And the Pentagon was quick to respond.

The administration started considering if it would cancel its $200 million contract with Anthropic, according to Wall Street Journal reporting.

A spokesman for the Pentagon said that the Defense Department's relationship with Anthropic is under review.

He said, quote, Our nation requires that our partners be willing to help our warfighters win in any fight.

A spokesperson for Anthropic said the company is, quote, committed to using frontier AI in support of U.S.

national security.

Tomorrow, Hegseth and Amadei are meeting in what's expected to be a tense discussion of how to move forward.

And so where are we at in this feud as the tension mounts?

How bad has it gotten?

The government typically labels a company as supply chain risk when it sees it as a potential threat to the economy or national security.

The label means the company's products cannot be used for any government-related work.

And naming an American company a supply chain risk is extremely unusual.

Well, let's say the government does do that if it follows through on this idea of labeling anthropic supply chain risk.

What would anthropic's options be in that scenario?

What about the Pentagon?