US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful
The judge says invoking national security does not give the government a blank check to punish or retaliate against critics.
A US federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon's sanctions against AI company Anthropic were unlawful, finding that the government overstepped its bounds by punishing the firm for publicly criticizing the military. Judge Rita Lin, in a 59-page decision, barred federal agencies from enforcing the administration's order to ban Anthropic's tools and overturned defense secretary Pete Hegseth's designation of the company as a supply chain risk.
The ruling renders permanent a temporary suspension of sanctions imposed in February and takes effect immediately. Anthropic may appeal the decision. The conflict began when Anthropic declined to permit the US military to deploy Claude, its AI model, for fully autonomous lethal weapons or for mass surveillance of American citizens.
The judge deemed the sanctions were an attempt to make a public example of Anthropic for its criticism of the government, rather than to address a genuine threat.
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