The Pentagon's R&D chief said the Department of Defense was "scared" about Anthropic shutting off access to its AI during a critical moment. During an appearance on the "All-In Podcast" posted on Friday, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael detailed two pivotal moments that culminated in the Pentagon formally designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk , effectively blacklisting one of the nation's largest AI companies. One of those instances, Michael said, was