A United States judge has blocked the Pentagon's blacklisting of technology company Anthropic. In a 59-page written order issued on Thursday night, District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Department of Defense had acted illegally when it designated the company a supply chain risk to national security. The government is expected to fight the ruling. The judge's order rebuked the Pentagon, saying it had targeted and punished Anthropic for the company's public criticism of the Defense Department's stance on AI deployment on the battlefield. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Lin, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, wrote.

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A US federal court has ruled that the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was illegal, CNBC reported. US District judge Rita Lin found that the US Department of Defense's restrictions placed on the AI company and its Claude model were "illegal and baseless." As part of the ruling, the judge barred certain federal agencies from enforcing President Trump's order to stop using Anthropic's tools. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Judge Lin said in a 59-page decision. "Neither the Constitution nor the federal statute invoked by Defendants allows them to impose sweeping penalties based principally on Anthropic's critique of the Administration's views."

In her Anthropic ruling, Judge Rita Lin said the'empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics'. In her Anthropic ruling, Judge Rita Lin said the'empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics'. Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules Anthropic argued designation as'supply chain risk' could cost the company billions of dollars in lost business and reputational harm A US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticising the Pentagon. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision. She barred the federal agencies named in the lawsuit from enforcing President Donald Trump's order to stop using the tools of Anthropic - creator of the Claude AI models - and overturned defense secretary Pete Hegseth's designation of the company as a "supply chain risk", a status previously reserved for foreign firms.

A judge has ruled the US Department of Defense acted unlawfully when it designated artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic a supply chain risk, calling the move illegal and baseless. The company argued in the lawsuit that Defense Secretary Pete Hegeth overstepped his authority with the new designation. It followed Anthropic's refusal to allow the military to use its AI models for things that included surveillance or autonomous weapons. US district judge Rita Lin said in the ruling that citing national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics. Anthropic said it welcomes the ruling.

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." A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from designating Anthropic a national security risk over a dispute about the use of its AI models, ruling that the designation amounted to unconstitutional retaliation. The decision handed down by US district judge Rita Lin in California vacated the February 27 decision by defense secretary Pete Hegseth to label Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" and make the company ineligible for federal contracts. The ruling also lifted an additional punitive measure by Hegseth that prevented contractors or suppliers to the US military from doing business with Anthropic, a position Lin called "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise not in accordance with law." "Though the Department of War is undisputedly free to select the AI vendor of its choice, the evidence demonstrates that the broad measures imposed on Anthropic were illegal and baseless," Lin wrote in a 59-page ruling . The judge also ruled that nine agencies--including the Pentagon, the Treasury Department, the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security--had improperly imposed sanctions on Anthropic.

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