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Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as supply chain risk
The Defense Department had barred the U.S. military from using Anthropic's Claude in March
TL;DR
- A federal judge found the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic to be illegal and a violation of the First Amendment.
- The blacklisting occurred after disagreements over the military's use of Anthropic's Claude AI models, specifically concerning autonomous weapons and surveillance.
- Anthropic had sued the Trump administration to reverse the designation, which barred defense contractors from using its technology.
- The judge stated the government lacked an "articulable basis" for the action, citing Anthropic's public criticism of the administration's AI views.
- While this ruling is a victory, Anthropic still technically remains a supply chain risk until a separate lawsuit in D.C. is resolved.