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February 28, 2026
A Former Trump Advisor Calls the Fight with Anthropic “Attempted Corporate Murder.”
Dean Ball, who worked as a senior AI policy advisor, said on X that designating Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” or threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act could have a chilling effect on the entire industry. Alan Rozenshtein, a former DOJ official specializing in technology law, told Politico this could be the first step toward partial nationalization of the AI industry.
TL;DR
- Designating AI companies like Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk' could have a chilling effect on the industry.
- Threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act against AI firms may also harm the industry.
- These actions could be interpreted as the first step towards partial nationalization of the AI industry.
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