"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic, the maker of popular AI assistant Claude, a national security supply chain risk on March 3 after the company refused to remove guardrails against its technology being used for autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance."
"The Trump administration's filing says Anthropic is unlikely to succeed in its claims that the US government's action violated speech protections under the US Constitution's First Amendment, asserting that the dispute stems from contract negotiations and national security concerns, not retaliation."
"It was only when Anthropic refused to release the restrictions on the use of its products which refusal is conduct, not protected speech that the President directed all federal agencies to terminate their business relationships with Anthropic, the administration's legal filing said."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security supply chain risk on March 3 after the company refused to remove guardrails preventing its AI technology from being used for autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance. The Trump administration filed court documents opposing Anthropic's lawsuit, arguing the blacklisting was justified and lawful, stemming from contract negotiations and national security concerns rather than First Amendment violations. The administration contends that Anthropic's refusal to remove restrictions constitutes conduct rather than protected speech. Anthropic filed suit in California federal court seeking to block the Pentagon's decision, with some legal experts suggesting the company has a strong case that the government overreached.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]