Anthropic sues Trump administration to undo US ‘supply chain risk’ tag
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In its lawsuit, Anthropic said the designation was unlawful and violated its free speech and due process rights.
Anthropic has filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a US national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes battle with the administration of United States President Donald Trump over usage restrictions on its technology.
Anthropic said in its lawsuit on Monday that the designation was unlawful and violated its free speech and due process rights. The filing in federal court in the US state of California asked a judge to undo the designation and block federal agencies from enforcing it.
“These actions are unprecedented and unlawful. The Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech,” Anthropic said.
The Pentagon on Thursday slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic, limiting use of a technology that the Reuters news agency reported, citing an unnamed source, was being used for military operations in Iran.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic after the startup refused to remove guardrails against using its AI for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance. The two sides had been in increasingly contentious talks over those limitations for months.
