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Anthropic Pentagon blacklisting legal ruling
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A federal appeals court ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a national security risk was legally justified, rejecting the AI company's challenge to the Trump administration's designation. The court found the Defense Department had sufficient grounds to conclude Anthropic's products posed security concerns, though the panel was divided on the decision.
- Washington appeals court upheld Pentagon's authority to blacklist Anthropic over national security concerns
- Pentagon argued Anthropic's 'overly constrained' Claude models could impair military operations
- Anthropic challenged the blacklisting on multiple constitutional grounds but lost
- Separately, Anthropic founders seeking 50.1% combined voting control ahead of planned IPO