Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Rita Lin permanently blocked the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a "supply-chain risk," ruling the administration's actions were "illegal and baseless" and constituted unconstitutional retaliation.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk earlier this year after the company refused to allow its Claude chatbot to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems.
- Rejecting the Pentagon's justification, Lin wrote the "empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," vacating the February 27 decision to make Anthropic ineligible for federal contracts.
- An Anthropic spokesperson said the company is "pleased the court has ruled that this supply chain risk designation was unlawful," while the Justice Department is expected to appeal the ruling.
- Despite this victory, Anthropic maintains a separate, pending lawsuit in Washington, D.C. challenging a different Pentagon designation that could exclude the firm from civilian government contracts.
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Pentagon ban on use of Anthropic AI shot down in court
A US federal judge has ruled that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticising the Pentagon. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision on Thursday. She barred the federal agenc…
Judge rules the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label for Anthropic unlawful
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled the Pentagon’s decision to label AI company Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’ violated the law and ordered the designation be removed Thursday evening. Judge Rita Lin wrote that while the military should have wide latitude to decide which companies to work with, its actions against The post Judge rules the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label for Anthropic unlawful appeared first on ABC17NEWS.
Washington had banned federal agencies from using Anthropic's tools after the company refused to let the US Army use its catbot Claude for fully autonomous lethal weapons or mass surveillance of the population.
Judge rules Trump administration illegally punished AI firm Anthropic
A judge barred the Trump administration from enforcing a set of rules aimed at cutting off Anthropic from the federal government, ruling the administration had unconstitutionally punished the AI company for protected speech.
Judge says Pentagon’s measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’
A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.
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