Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk
Judge Rita Lin said the Pentagon’s blacklist was unlawful retaliation and lifted penalties that blocked Anthropic from federal contracts.
- 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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In the order, of almost 60 pages, it is written that the decision to ban the giant of the IA is unlawful
The judgment of the judge Rita Faye Lin describes the restriction against the company led by Dario Amodei - arbitrary and capricious -
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 strikes down Hegseth’s ban on Anthropic AI, calls it unconstitutional ‘retaliation’
A federal judge barred the Defense Department from enforcing its ban on using technology from Anthropic, a leading AI firm, calling the prohibition more a fit of rage than a well-founded policy.
Judge says Pentagon’s measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’ – WTOP News
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. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a written order Thursday night that the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing the AI company for...
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