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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kaitlyn Huamani

Federal court says US government can label Anthropic a supply chain risk

AI Hacks Legal Accountability - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

In the latest twist in Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon, a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the AI lab's challenge to the government's labeling of it as a supply chain risk.

The decision allows the Pentagon to continue to remove Anthropic's Claude models from its systems and bar the use of its products for Defense Department work. Judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 in the Pentagon's favor.

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