Judge blocks Trump administration from limiting Anthropic's contracts with federal government
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- A federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration's attempt to label Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security, citing legal flaws in the designation process. The court's order allows Anthropic to continue its federal contracts while the administration appeals. Anthropic alleges the government's actions constitute an unlawful retaliation campaign.
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“A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security and cutting off the AI company’s work with federal agencies.”
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“Anthropic sued the Defense Department and other federal agencies this month after the Pentagon labeled it a 'supply-chain risk to national security.'”
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“‘Defendants’ designation of Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk' is likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious,’ U.S. District Judge Rita Lin of Northern California wrote in her order.”
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“Lin paused her order for a week to allow the administration time to appeal.”
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“The Defense Department and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”
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“The supply chain risk designation requires the Pentagon and its contractors to stop using Anthropic's commercial AI services for all defense business.”
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“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on X in late February that he was issuing a directive to give the company the 'supply chain risk' label.”
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“President Donald Trump said he would also ban the use of Anthropic’s products across other federal agencies.”
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“‘The record reflects that the Challenged Actions were taken without any meaningful notice or pre-deprivation process,’ Lin wrote in her order.”
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“The order also bars other agencies from cutting off their work with Anthropic. Lin wrote that the order restores the status quo.”
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“Anthropic is the creator of the Claude chatbot system and the only AI company whose services were cleared for use on the Defense Department’s classified networks.”
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“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company had reached an agreement with the Pentagon to use its services in classified settings.”
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“Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Defense Department, alleging that the federal government’s moves go beyond a normal contract dispute and instead are an 'unlawful campaign of retaliation.'”
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“Lin wrote: 'Although Anthropic was on notice that the government objected to its contracting terms, it had no notice or opportunity to object before Defendants publicly barred it from all federal government work.'”
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