Judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist

A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, ruling that the government's actions violated Anthropic's constitutional rights. Why it matters: The ruling marks a major legal victory for Anthropic in its months-long fight with the Trump administration over how the military can use its AI models. Driving the news: U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk was unlawful. "The…