US appeals court upholds the Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist.
A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a national-security supply-chain risk, Reuters reported.
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The 2-1 ruling said the Pentagon acted reasonably after Anthropic declined to permit its products to be used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance. The majority rejected the company’s argument that the designation retaliated against its AI-safety views.
Anthropic said it disagreed with the decision and was considering further review. A separate federal ruling under another law had previously blocked related government restrictions.
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