The US Government Just Blacklisted an American AI Company for Refusing to Remove Safety Guardrails
On February 27, 2026, the Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a 'supply chain risk to national security' — the first time this label has ever been applied to a domestic US company. Anthropic refused to allow autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. Hours later, OpenAI signed a Pentagon deal with the same guardrails. Here is what actually happened and why it matters globally.
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