A federal judge on March 24 seemed receptive to Anthropic’s request to temporarily block the Department of War from continuing to designate the AI company as a supply-chain risk.
The designation, under a federal law designed to protect military systems from foreign sabotage, functions as a blacklist, preventing the company from doing business with the federal government and its contractors.
If the block is granted, the company would be able to continue doing business with federal agencies and their contractors while the lawsuit moves forward in court.
The AI developer sued the department in the federal court’s Northern California district on March 9, after the federal government issued the designation, citing its national security concerns about the company. Anthropic also filed a separate lawsuit the same day over the designation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit….
Federal Judge Voices Concerns Over War Department’s Ban of Anthropic
