Tech Groups Urge Trump to Drop Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk Label

Tech groups representing major companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are urging President Donald Trump to reconsider designating Anthropic PBC a national security risk, arguing the move would cause detrimental ripple effects for the rest of the industry.

The tech industry’s support brings new strength to the push against the Pentagon’s decision to declare Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” after the company pushed for restrictions on military use of its AI tools for surveillance and autonomous weaponry.

“We are concerned that designating any one American company as a supply-chain risk will inevitably lead to unintended consequences that ...