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A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
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- Why it matters
- Anthropic, an AI company, can now continue selling to the Pentagon and related contractors without the national security label the Pentagon had attempted to apply, removing a legal barrier to its government business.
- Most affected
- Anthropic — Remains eligible to work with Pentagon and federal contractors without a national security supply-chain risk designation.
Pentagon procurement officials — Cannot use the national security supply-chain risk designation against Anthropic in future vendor decisions. - Likely next
- Whether the Department of Defense appeals the ruling or seeks alternative grounds to restrict Anthropic access to Pentagon contracts.
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