Anthropic sues over a dozen federal agencies and government leaders

"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. No federal statute authorizes the actions taken here. Anthropic turns to the judiciary as a last resort to vindicate its rights and halt the Executive's unlawful campaign of retaliation."

"Anthropic claims that defendants named in the lawsuit are illegally punishing Anthropic's choice not to change the terms of use for its AI product to work with the Department of Defense, particularly surrounding uses to surveil U.S. citizens and control autonomous weapons."

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against over a dozen federal agencies and government officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and GSA Administrator Edward Forst, claiming illegal retaliation. The company refused to modify its AI product Claude's terms of use to accommodate Department of Defense requests involving citizen surveillance and autonomous weapons control. Following this disagreement, Anthropic was designated a supply chain risk. The lawsuit argues the government violated constitutional protections and due process rights through inadequate notice and lack of meaningful hearing. Anthropic contends the actions are unprecedented, unlawful, and based on ideological disagreement rather than legitimate security concerns.

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