A federal judge on March 26 temporarily blocked the Department of War from continuing to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk.
The designation of the artificial intelligence (AI) company, under a federal law designed to protect military systems from foreign sabotage, functions as a blacklist, preventing it from doing business with the federal government and its contractors.
The block allows the company to continue doing business with federal agencies and contractors while the lawsuit moves forward in court.
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction after holding a hearing on March 24.
Lin stayed her new order for seven days, which may allow the federal government an opportunity to appeal….
Federal Judge Blocks Pentagon’s Designation of Anthropic as Supply-Chain Risk
