Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
"Overly constrained AI models" could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
The US appeals court has approved the Trump administration's decision to blacklist Anthropic technology. The judges ruled that the US has the authority to blacklist Anthropic for withholding certain AI features, even if the company has no malicious intent. In a 2-1 decision, the panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit acknowledged that the case raises difficult questions about the appropriate military uses of advanced AI technology.
The court highlighted the sobering prospect of overly constrained AI models causing failure in critical military operations, as well as the risk of unconstrained AI models making inappropriate decisions leading to lethal military force. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth must now decide how to balance these competing risks, and the court affirmed that the Secretary's actions do not exceed his authority under the Supply Chain Security Act or the Constitution. Anthropic had previously sought an emergency stay in April, which the same court denied.
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