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WATCH: Anthropic wins preliminary injunction in fight over Pentagon blacklisting
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A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request to temporarily block the Department of Defense's blacklisting of the artificial intelligence company as a lawsuit challenging that sanction plays out.
Key facts
- Anthropic signed a $200 million contract with the Pentagon in July, but as the company began negotiating Claude's deployment on the DOD's GenAI.mil AI platform in September, talks stalled
- Shortly before Hegseth's post, President Donald Trump wrote a Truth Social post ordering federal agencies to "immediately cease" all use of Anthropic's technology
- Todd Blanche, the acting U.S. attorney general, called the decision a "resounding victory for military readiness," in a post on X
- The Trump administration's actions surprised many officials in Washington, where Anthropic's technology had become embedded in numerous agencies
Summary
The ruling comes after a judge in San Francisco federal court late last month, in a separate but related case, granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction that bars the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the use of its Claude model. "In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government," the appeals court said in its decision. With the split decisions by the two courts, Anthropic is excluded from DOD contracts but can continue working with other government agencies while litigation plays out. The DOD declared Anthropic a supply chain risk in early March, meaning that use of the company's technology purportedly threatens U.S. national security.