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No. Google can’t make use of Anthropic within the scope of their own government contracts. That doesn’t mean they can’t invest in Anthropic otherwise.

Does the EO actually hold any weight to that designation, or is that decided by the US Congress?

Was there ever anything more than a tweet from the secretary of defense? That holds no weight.

Yes, they’ve been formally designated: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war

Ahh yes I forgot on that. Still seemed like not much of any impact, blowing smoke.