Pentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troubling, Judge Says

US District Judge Rita Lin signaled strong skepticism toward the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain security risk, calling it an apparent attempt to "cripple" the company in retaliation for pushing limits on military use of its AI. Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits alleging First Amendment violations after the Trump administration's DoD labeled them a security risk following Anthropic's public scrutiny of a military contract dispute. A ruling on a temporary injunction is expected within days, with broader implications for how AI companies navigate government deployment of their models.