Federal judge blocks Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' label on Anthropic

A federal judge in California has granted Anthropic a temporary injunction, ordering the Trump administration to rescind its designation of the AI company as a national security supply chain risk. The case centers on Anthropic's refusal to allow the Defense Department to use its Claude model in autonomous weapons systems — a refusal the government reportedly punished by slapping the label on the firm. Judge Rita Lin ruled the designation amounted to "classic First Amendment retaliation."

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