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Anthropic sued the Trump administration in an effort to reverse its blacklisting
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The DOD relied on two distinct designations to justify its supply chain risk action, which means they have to be litigated in two separate courts.
Key facts
- In March, the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk, meaning the company purportedly threatened U.S. national security, after negotiations about how the military could use its Claude AI models
- U.S. District Judge Rita Lin vacated Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and declared that the Department of Defense's actions violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment
- The DOD relied on two distinct designations to justify its supply chain risk action, which means they have to be litigated in two separate courts
- We welcome the court's ruling that this supply chain risk designation was unlawful," a spokesperson told CNBC
Summary
A federal judge in California on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon's effort to blacklist Anthropic earlier this year violated the First Amendment and deprived the artificial intelligence company of its constitutionally protected liberties. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin vacated Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and declared that the Department of Defense's actions violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. "Defendants claim that because of Anthropic's 'increasingly hostile manner through the press' and its criticism of the Department of War's views on AI use, Defendants 'cannot trust Anthropic to ensure the integrity of its models,' " Lin wrote. In March, the DOD designated Anthropic a supply chain risk, meaning the company purportedly threatened U.S. national security, after negotiations about how the military could use its Claude AI models spiraled out of control. Anthropic sued the Trump administration in an effort to reverse its blacklisting.