"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."
Anthropic filed lawsuits against the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation, claiming it is unlawful and violates constitutional free speech and due process protections. The designation followed Anthropic's refusal to remove safeguards preventing its AI from being used for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth imposed the restriction after months of contentious negotiations. Anthropic also challenges Trump's order directing federal employees to stop using its Claude chatbot. The dispute highlights tensions over AI deployment in military operations and surveillance, with OpenAI securing a Pentagon agreement shortly after Anthropic faced penalties for maintaining ethical guardrails.
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