Anthropic sues Pentagon over 'supply chain risk' designation, citing free speech and due process violations — company refused to allow its AI to be used for autonomous attacks, mass surveillance

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, on stage during a conference.

Anthropic has filed two federal lawsuits against the Pentagon and other U.S. federal agencies, seeking to overturn the Department of War's decision to designate the AI company a "supply chain risk," a label that blocks Pentagon suppliers and contractors from using its Claude models, and that national security experts say has historically been reserved for foreign adversaries.

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