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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Microsoft backs AI firm Anthropic in legal battle against Pentagon

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Microsoft has thrown its weight behind Anthropic’s legal challenge against the US Department of Defense. Photograph: Joan Cros/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Microsoft has thrown its weight behind Anthropic’s legal challenge against the Pentagon, filing a court brief in support of the AI company’s effort to overturn an aggressive designation that effectively bars it from government work.

In an amicus brief submitted to a federal court in San Francisco this week, Microsoft, which integrates Anthropic’s AI tools into systems it provides to the US military, argued that a temporary restraining order was necessary to prevent serious disruption to suppliers whose products rely on the AI company’s technology. Google, Amazon, Apple and OpenAI have also signed on to a brief in support of Anthropic.

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