Trump Administration Faces Legal Challenges Over Anthropic's Blacklisting

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Trump Administration Faces Legal Challenges Over Anthropic's Blacklisting
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  1. The Trump administration violated Anthropic’s First Amendment rights when it blacklisted the artificial-intelligence company earlier this year, a federal judge ruled late Thursday.

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    CNBC

    A federal judge in California on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon's effort to blacklist Anthropic earlier this year violated the First Amendment and deprived the artificial intelligence company of its constitutionally protected liberties.

  2. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin vacated Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and declared that the Department of Defense's actions violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Lin directed the DOD to rescind all guidance, directives, communications or instructions that it issued against the company.

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    U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California said in her decision that the government had illegally retaliated against Anthropic, deeming it a supply-chain risk “for constitutionally protected expressive activities.”

  3. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," the judge wrote in her ruling in San Francisco federal court. This is breaking news. Please refresh for updates.

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    US district judge Rita Lin said in the ruling that citing national security "is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics".

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  1. 01 BBC Business

    Published A judge has ruled the US Department of Defense acted unlawfully when it designated artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic a supply chain risk, calling the move "illegal and baseless".

  2. 02 Financial Times

    Anthropic wins legal battle with Pentagon in California Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot punish AI lab in clash over military use of its models

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Center Judge blocks Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic as supply chain risk — CNBC
Center Judge says Trump administration’s blacklist of Anthropic was illegal — MarketWatch
Center Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, judge rules — BBC Business
Center Anthropic wins legal battle with Pentagon in California — Financial Times
Left Trump Admin Declares UK Anti-Genocide Group Palestine Action a Terrorist Organization — Common Dreams