今天早些时候，战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯在 X 平台上表示，他已指示战争部将 Anthropic 列为供应链风险。这一决定源于持续数月的谈判陷入僵局，分歧在于我们就其合法使用我们 AI 模型 Claude 所提出的两项例外要求：对美国人进行大规模国内监控，以及完全自主武器。
我们尚未收到战争部或白宫关于谈判状态的直接沟通。
我们曾本着诚意试图与战争部达成协议，明确表示除上述两项狭窄例外之外，我们支持将 AI 用于国家安全领域的一切合法用途。据我们所知，迄今为止，这些例外并未影响任何一项政府任务。
我们坚持这两项例外，原因有二。第一，我们认为当今前沿 AI 模型的可靠性尚不足以用于完全自主武器。允许当前模型以这种方式使用，将危及美国作战人员和平民的生命安全。第二，我们认为对美国人进行大规模国内监控构成了对基本权利的侵犯。
将 Anthropic 列为供应链风险将是一项史无前例的行动——这种做法历来只针对美国的对手，此前从未公开适用于任何一家美国公司。我们对事态发展深感痛心。作为首家在美国政府机密网络中部署模型的 AI 前沿公司，Anthropic 自 2024 年 6 月起一直支持美国作战人员，并且完全有意愿继续这样做。
我们认为，这一认定不仅在法律上站不住脚，而且将为任何与政府进行谈判的美国公司树立一个危险的先例。
战争部的任何恐吓或惩罚都不会改变我们在大规模国内监控或完全自主武器问题上的立场。我们将在法庭上对任何供应链风险认定提出挑战。
这对我们的客户意味着什么
赫格塞斯部长暗示，这一认定将限制任何与军方有业务往来的公司与 Anthropic 开展合作。部长并无法定权力来支撑这一说法。从法律上讲，根据《美国法典》第10卷第3252条，供应链风险认定仅能适用于将 Claude 作为国防部合同一部分的使用场景——它不能影响承包商如何使用 Claude 为其他客户提供服务。
在实践中，这意味着：
- 如果您是个人客户，或与 Anthropic 持有商业合同，您通过我们的 API、claude.ai 或任何我们的产品访问 Claude 的权限完全不受影响。
- 如果您是国防部承包商，这一认定——若正式通过——仅会影响您在国防部合同工作中使用 Claude 的行为。您将其用于任何其他目的均不受影响。
我们的销售和支持团队随时待命，解答您可能提出的任何问题。
我们深切感谢我们的用户，以及近期表达支持的行业同仁、政策制定者、退伍军人和公众。谢谢。最重要的是，我们的首要任务是保护我们的客户免受这些非常事件造成的任何干扰，并与国防部合作，为他们、为我们的军队、为美国的军事行动确保平稳过渡。
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Anthropic 向加拿大人工智能研究承诺投入1000万美元
Earlier today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared on X that he is directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk. This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons.
We have not yet received direct communication from the Department of War or the White House on the status of our negotiations.
We have tried in good faith to reach an agreement with the Department of War, making clear that we support all lawful uses of AI for national security aside from the two narrow exceptions above. To the best of our knowledge, these exceptions have not affected a single government mission to date.
We held to our exceptions for two reasons. First, we do not believe that today’s frontier AI models are reliable enough to be used in fully autonomous weapons. Allowing current models to be used in this way would endanger America’s warfighters and civilians. Second, we believe that mass domestic surveillance of Americans constitutes a violation of fundamental rights.
Designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company. We are deeply saddened by these developments. As the first frontier AI company to deploy models in the US government’s classified networks, Anthropic has supported American warfighters since June 2024 and has every intention of continuing to do so.
We believe this designation would both be legally unsound and set a dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government.
No amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. We will challenge any supply chain risk designation in court.
What this means for our customers
Secretary Hegseth has implied this designation would restrict anyone who does business with the military from doing business with Anthropic. The Secretary does not have the statutory authority to back up this statement. Legally, a supply chain risk designation under 10 USC 3252 can only extend to the use of Claude as part of Department of War contracts—it cannot affect how contractors use Claude to serve other customers.
In practice, this means:
- If you are an individual customer or hold a commercial contract with Anthropic, your access to Claude—through our API, claude.ai, or any of our products—is completely unaffected.
- If you are a Department of War contractor, this designation—if formally adopted—would only affect your use of Claude on Department of War contract work. Your use for any other purpose is unaffected.
Our sales and support teams are standing by to answer any questions you may have.
We are deeply grateful to our users, and to the industry peers, policymakers, veterans, and members of the public who have voiced their support in recent days. Thank you. Above all else, our priorities are to protect our customers from any disruption caused by these extraordinary events and to work with the Department of War to ensure a smooth transition—for them, for our troops, and for American military operations.