Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules

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.