D.C. appeals court sides with Pentagon on blacklist of Anthropic
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration in its blacklisting of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, finding the Pentagon adequately backed up its decision to label the firm a national security risk. The 2-1 ruling, issued Friday, rejected Anthropic's challenge, finding the Department of Defense had "ample support" for its belief...
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC ruled on Friday that the US Department of Defense correctly designated the AI company Anthropic as posing a national security risk due to its Claude models. The court denied Anthropic's appeal to overturn the Pentagon's decision to remove the company's AI from military and federal government systems.
Anthropic maintains it will not allow its current AI models to support autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance. The Pentagon's designations under supply-chain risk laws were issued to Anthropic, preventing the integration of its AI into federal information systems. Earlier this year, Anthropic lost a legal challenge to overturn one of the supply-chain risk labels, but the new ruling means the other designation will remain in place indefinitely.
The outcome is expected to continue the Pentagon's blocking of Anthropic until the company can provide alternatives. The companies are facing potential legal challenges and public scrutiny due to the designations.
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