The US Commerce Secretary stated that Anthropic has resolved its differences with the government; the Pentagon maintains it is still classified as a supply chain risk.

The US Commerce Secretary stated that Anthropic has resolved its differences with the government; the Pentagon maintains it is still classified as a supply chain risk.

The Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Commerce have shown a clear disagreement on Anthropic's position, highlighting the lack of unity within the Trump administration regarding the artificial intelligence company.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Wednesday that Anthropic has resolved its differences with the Trump administration.

However, just one day later, Emil Michael, the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, stated on social media that the Pentagon's decision to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk "remains valid," directly contradicting Lutnick's statement.

Anthropic is currently seeking legal recourse to overturn the Pentagon's ruling. Last week, a federal judge sided with Anthropic, ordering the government to lift the injunction, but Emil Michael's latest statement indicates that the Pentagon is not giving up.

Lutnick announced a settlement, which the Pentagon immediately refuted.

In a Bloomberg TV interview on Wednesday, Lutnik said that Anthropic had "come to his senses" and that the differences with the government had been resolved.

On the same day, Anthropic executive Tom Brown and Lutnick attended the G20 Technology Ministerial Meeting in North Carolina and participated in a fireside chat, which was interpreted as a sign of warming relations between the two sides.

However, on Thursday, Emil Michael posted on the X platform: "Anthropic remains listed as a supply chain risk within the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base. Thank you for your attention!" Michael did not mention any ongoing lawsuits in the post.

The two disputes have different root causes.

The restrictions imposed on Anthropic by the Commerce Department and the Pentagon stemmed from two separate disputes.

Regarding the Ministry of Commerce, the controversy arose from the government's concern that bad actors might use "jailbreak" methods to gain powerful AI cyber attack capabilities by utilizing Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models. The Ministry of Commerce once imposed export controls on the aforementioned models.

Lutnick and Tom Brown subsequently worked together to resolve the issue, and the restrictions were lifted in late June.

The Pentagon's internal conflict erupted earlier this year for different reasons. Defense officials believe that Anthropic is attempting to impose unnecessary restrictions on how the military uses its model, interfering with the military's command chain.

After negotiations broke down, the Department of Defense identified Anthropic and its products as a supply chain threat and began terminating its contractor relationship with the company while seeking alternative AI service providers.

Anthropic has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Pentagon's ruling. Last week, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled in favor of Anthropic in the case, ordering the government to lift the injunction, a move seen as a key victory for the company in the lawsuit.

Meanwhile, Anthropic is also pursuing a separate lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Emil Michael did not respond to the aforementioned legal developments in his latest post, and his wording remained strong. The legal and policy battle between the Pentagon and Anthropic seems unlikely to be resolved in the short term.

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