Judge rules Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic unconstitutional
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Anthropic, Judge Rita F. Lin, Department of Defense
California, USA
August 27, 2026
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Judge Rita F. Lin ruled that the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was unconstitutional retaliation. The court found the move was an arbitrary and capricious violation of the First Amendment. Anthropic had refused to allow its AI to be used for mass surveillance or lethal autonomous weapons.
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