Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year.

“The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,” Judge Rita Lin wrote in her ruling.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a written order Thursday night that the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing th

The ruling is a major victory for the AI firm in its legal wranglings with Washington.

US court rules Pentagon ban of Anthropic unlawful  euractiv.com

'The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics.'

Anthropic ​argued designation as ‘supply-chain risk’ could cost billions ‌in lost business ‌and reputational harm A US judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration broke the law when it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk earlier this year, finding that the government had unlawfully targeted the AI fir

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 t

The government retaliated against the A.I. start-up “for constitutionally protected expressive activities,” a federal judge in California wrote.