Trump Admin Pushes Banks to Test Anthropic Despite DoD Warning

Trump administration officials are encouraging major banks to test Anthropic’s new Mythos AI model, according to a report from TechCrunch. The push is striking given that the Department of Defense recently flagged Anthropic as a supply-chain risk.

The exact details of the encouragement—whether it’s formal guidance, informal pressure, or something else—remain unclear. But the move highlights a sharp disconnect within the federal government over Anthropic’s trustworthiness and role in critical infrastructure.

Anthropic, the AI company founded by former OpenAI researchers Dario and Daniela Amodei, has grown into one of the leading makers of large language models. The Mythos model appears to be their latest offering aimed at enterprise use cases, including the financial sector.

The DoD’s supply-chain risk designation typically means government agencies are cautious about relying on a company’s technology for sensitive operations. It’s unclear what prompted that assessment or whether other agencies are aware of the banking push.

For banks considering AI deployment, the conflicting signals create an awkward spot: they’re getting encouragement from one part of government while another raises red flags.