Dell Technologies (DELL) CEO Michael Dell said that government contractors can’t tell the government how to use their technologies.
“I don’t think a company can dictate to a sovereign government what it does with its tools,” Dell told Bloomberg TV on Thursday. “I just don’t think that’s a workable model.”
Dell’s comments were in response to a question about the Trump administration designating Anthropic (ANTHRO) a “supply chain risk” after it failed to reach an agreement with the Pentagon over how its AI technology would be used. As a result of the designation, government agencies and contractors will be required to phase out use of Anthropic’s products.
Anthropic is suing to have the designation overturned.