News Summary

• Pentagon designated Anthropic as a supply-chain risk in February.
• It followed Anthropic's refusal to allow the military to use its AI models for tasks including surveillance or autonomous weapons.
• US District Judge Rita Lin said in the ruling that citing national security was "not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics" Anthropic said in its lawsuit that its business had been impacted by the government's actions and its right to freedom of speech had been violated.
• The Pentagon said at the time that private companies should not be able to constrain military action.