U.S. appeals court upholds Pentagon's blacklist of Anthropic AI as national security risk; 2-1 decision backs DOD supply chain designation from March after military negotiations failed

U.S. appeals court upholds Pentagon designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk

TechPublished Fri, Sep 25 202611:25 AM EDTUpdated 4 Min AgoJonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Friday upheld the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, a blow to the artificial intelligence company in its months-long battle with the Trump administration. In a 2-1 decision, Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas and Circuit Judge Neomi Rao rejected Anthropic's argument that the Department of Defense's ban on its Claude models was arbitrary, unauthorized and ...