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A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Pentagon, allowing it to continue removing Anthropic's Claude models from its systems and barring the company's products from Defense Department work after rejecting Anthropic's legal challenge.
When the free press comes under fire, HuffPost doesn't back down. Stand with independent journalism — become a member today. , a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the AI lab’s challenge to the government’s labeling of it as a 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.
“The Department reasonably feared that Anthropic might manipulate Claude’s design to prevent it from performing national-security functions that the Department deems contractually authorized and necessary,” Judge Gregory G. Katsas wrote in the majority opinion.by punishing the AI company for its criticism of the Pentagon’s views on AI use. This case, which was filed earlier this year in Washington, D.C. , focused on a different rule the Pentagon was using to try to declare Anthropic a supply chain risk.
An Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement the company “respectfully disagrees” with the court’s decision.
“Another federal court has already held the government’s parallel designation unlawful,” the statement continued. “We remain confident in our position and are considering all options, including further review. ”
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