Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules
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A judge ruled that the Pentagon’s earlier this year blacklisting of Anthropic was unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed in March, and the judge said the administration’s national-security rationale did not justify punishing retaliation. The decision overturns the blacklist, changing how Anthropic can be treated by the government in connection with its AI technology.
Why it matters
On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed in March in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic for setting "red […]
