U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Defense Department’s Anthropic Blacklisting
Jack Queen, Reuters: A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield. Anthropic’s lawsuit in California federal court alleges that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth overstepped his authority when he designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk, a label…
A U.S. judge on Thursday halted the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, an event marking a new chapter in the AI company's contentious battle with the military over AI safety on the battlefield. Anthropic, the creator of the Claude artificial intelligence, filed a lawsuit in a California federal court, claiming that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth exceeded his authority when he classified Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk.
This designation allows the government to deem companies that could potentially allow adversaries to infiltrate or sabotage military systems. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin, an appointee of former Democratic President Joe Biden, issued the ruling in a 59-page order. She found the Pentagon's decision to be "illegal and baseless." Lin pointed out that "the empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics." The ruling suggests that the authoritarian elements of the Trump administration are unraveling.
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