Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules
Shows how government-AI company conflicts over ethical boundaries can impact business operations and contracts.
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A court ruled that Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic for refusing to remove AI military use restrictions was unconstitutional retaliation.
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On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed in March in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic for setting "red lines," or unacceptable military use cases of its AI technology. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check t