Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says

A federal judge ruled that the Department of Defense lacked authority to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, finding the blacklisting was retaliatory after Anthropic refused to permit Claude's use for mass surveillance of Americans and lethal autonomous warfare. The DoD had vetted and praised Claude for a year before the dispute arose over these two safety carve-outs. The ruling is a significant win for Anthropic's position that AI safety limits are non-negotiable, even for government military clients.