If it weren’t for its lawsuit against the Pentagon, artificial intelligence frontrunner Anthropic could be forgiven for thinking it was operating in China rather than the US.
First, its systems, like those of Chinese military and technology companies, are being used in a Middle East war. Second, US officials have labelled it a national-security supply chain risk, as they have with numerous Chinese companies.
Jessica SierNorth Asia correspondentJessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics. Connect with Jessica on Twitter. Email Jessica at jessica.sier@afr.com
