The inclusion of Anthropic on the Pentagon’s “blacklist” was illegitimate. This was established by Judge Rita Faye Lin of the Northern District Court of California, who stated that “the uncontested acts demonstrate that the challenged actions constituted an illegitimate retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and that Anthropic was denied the procedure provided by the Fifth Amendment before the adoption of the restrictive measure.” From the documents, based on the nearly 60-page ruling, the judge, accepting Anthropic’s arguments, describes the restriction against it as “arbitrary and capricious.”
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The ruling also emphasizes “the absence of substantial disputes regarding the fact that the decision” by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth “to classify Anthropic as a supply chain risk violated the existing regulatory framework.” The sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against the AI giant were therefore illegal, seen as a punishment of the company for publicly criticizing the Pentagon. “The unfounded invocation of national security does not constitute a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,” the judge stressed, prohibiting the federal agencies named in the case from enforcing President Trump’s order to cease using Anthropic’s tools, creator of the AI models Claude, and overturned Hegseth’s decision to classify the company as a “supply chain risk,” a status previously reserved for foreign companies.
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The ruling makes permanent the temporary suspension of sanctions ordered by the judge in March and takes effect immediately. However, the government can appeal. “We welcome the court’s decision that the supply chain risk classification was illegitimate,” said an Anthropic spokesperson, adding that “we remain focused on productive collaboration with the government to leverage AI for national security purposes, so that all Americans can benefit from this technology.” The conflict arose after Anthropic refused to allow the US military to use Claude for fully autonomous lethal weapons or for mass surveillance of American citizens.
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