Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:34:35 GMT

Anthropic argued designation as ‘supply chain risk’ could cost the company billions ‌of dollars in lost business ‌and reputational harmA US federal judge ruled Thursday that sanctions imposed in February by the Trump administration against AI giant Anthropic were illegal, finding that the government had punished the artificial intelligence company for publicly criticising the Pentagon.“The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics,” Judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision. Continue reading...

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