US court upholds Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic

Conflict began in February when Anthropic refused to remove restrictions on use of Claude for fully autonomous weapons.Published On 25 Sep 202625 Sep 2026A United States appeals court has upheld the Defense Department’s decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, a decision taken when the AI startup refused to remove certain safeguards on its Claude model.The court issued its ruling on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why is Canada’s PM Carney not ruling out a possible war with the USlist 2 of 4Man City found guilty on almost all 115 Premier League charges: Reportlist 3 of 4China swimmer makes Asian Games history as Thai sprinter wins track 100mlist 4 of 4Trump hails ‘very productive’ talks with China’s Xiend of listThe conflict began in February when Anthropic refused Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth’s demand to remove restrictions on the use of Claude for fully autonomous lethal weapons and mass domestic surveillance of Americans.The supply chain risk designation, made in March, cancelled Anthropic’s military contracts and barred other Defense Department contractors from using its technology.Anthropic has said the blacklisting has cost it billions of d...