U.S. appeals court upholds Pentagon designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
The 2-1 ruling lets the Pentagon keep Anthropic off contracts after judges said Claude’s built-in limits could pose a supply-chain risk.
- On Sept. 25, the Columbia Circuit Court ruled 2-1 to uphold the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a national-security supply-chain risk, allowing the Government to bar the AI company from future defense contracts.
- The Pentagon designated Anthropic a national-security risk earlier after the company refused to remove code preventing Claude from performing autonomous warfare and domestic surveillance, prompting Anthropic to sue the Government.
- Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas, joined by Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, wrote that the Pentagon had sufficient reason to label Anthropic's AI a supply-chain risk, rejecting claims the label violated free speech protections.
- Anthropic claims the designation cost it billions and damaged its reputation ahead of a planned initial public offering, stating it remains confident in its position and is considering further legal review.
- Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson dissented, arguing the law does not cover a contractor's "honest and upfront enforcement of restrictions," while a federal judge in San Francisco previously struck down a parallel designation.
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Appeals court upholds Pentagon supply chain risk label on Anthropic
A US appeals court has upheld the Pentagon’s decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk. The label bars the military and its contractors from using Anthropic’s Claude models. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the DC Circuit court of appeals denied Anthropic’s petitions to overturn the designation. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas wrote the opinion, […] This story continues at The Next Web
A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday upheld the Pentagon's decision to blacklist artificial intelligence developer Anthropic as a company that poses supply chain risks, a major blow to the company that has been fighting a months-long legal battle with the Trump administration, CNBC reported.
D.C. appeals court sides with Pentagon on blacklist of Anthropic
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration in its blacklisting of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, finding the Pentagon adequately backed up its decision to label the firm a national security risk. The 2-1 ruling, issued Friday, rejected Anthropic's challenge, finding the Department of Defense had "ample support" for its belief that the continued use of Anthropic's Claude models by the agency or its contract…
U.S. appeals court upholds Pentagon designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
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