Judge says Pentagon’s measures against Anthropic were ‘illegal and baseless’
A federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon's measures against AI company Anthropic were "illegal and baseless." The government had labeled Anthropic as a supply chain risk earlier this year after the company criticized the Department of Defense's stance on AI use. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a written order on Thursday stating that the Pentagon's actions were based on a desire to make a public example of Anthropic for its criticism, not on any basis to believe the company would sabotage its products.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had expressed concerns about the potential misuse of the company's AI technology for mass surveillance or autonomous armed drones. Lin had previously blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic as a supply chain risk and from enforcing Trump's directive to stop federal agencies from using Anthropic's chatbot Claude. The judge's ruling is expected to be challenged by the government.
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