A federal judge in California issued an injunction requiring the Trump administration to rescind its designation of AI firm Anthropic as a supply‑chain risk and to halt orders directing federal agencies to cut ties with the company. The ruling, delivered by Judge Rita F. Lin, rejected the administration’s claim that Anthropic posed a national‑security threat after the company challenged the Pentagon’s demand that it drop usage limits on its models. Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei hailed the decision as a protection of free speech and a step toward productive collaboration with the government. Read more →

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary injunction that stops the Department of Defense from labeling AI firm Anthropic as a supply‑chain risk. The order restores the situation to before the Pentagon’s directives that limited the use of Anthropic’s Claude AI tools across federal agencies. While the ruling does not compel the military to continue using Anthropic’s technology, it prevents the agency from relying on the contested designation as a basis for further action. The decision is a significant legal boost for Anthropic as it continues to challenge the administration’s sanctions. Read more →