White House Drafting Executive Order to Restore Anthropic Access for Federal Agencies Despite Pentagon Blacklist

Axios·high signal

Axios reported April 29 that the White House is workshopping an executive order to bring Anthropic back into federal government use, even as the Pentagon maintains a supply chain risk designation. The ban originated from Anthropic refusing to ease restrictions on domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. The NSA is already using Anthropic's Mythos cyber-focused model. The administration is simultaneously pushing back against Anthropic's proposed controlled rollout to ~120 organizations, creating a policy contradiction.