Judge rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful retaliation

U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco struck down the Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, finding the government retaliated against the company for limiting military uses of Claude.

U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco struck down the Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, finding the government retaliated against the company for limiting military uses of Claude. (The Daily Record; NAMPA/Xinhua; Nextgov)

Lin called the measures illegal and baseless. The ruling addressed one of two legal bases the Pentagon used; a separate challenge was pending at the D.C. Circuit. (The Daily Record; NAMPA/Xinhua; Nextgov)