DOJ Stuns Judge With Inability to Answer “Easy Question” in AI Lawsuit

The Trump administration is not making its case against Anthropic. A federal judge flamed the government during a hearing Thursday, noting that Justice Department attorneys had failed to provide evidence “justifying” the Defense Department’s decision to class the AI company as a national security risk, or Donald Trump’s subsequent order barring federal agencies from utilizing the company’s services. California-based U.S. District Judge Rita Lin literally spelled out the questions she would ask…