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In a sharp escalation of tensions with Washington, AI firm Anthropic has filed an anthropic lawsuit over its sudden blacklisting by the US defense establishment. Anthropic sues Pentagon over “supply chain risk” label Anthropic filed two lawsuits on Monday against the Department of Defense (DoD), arguing that the government’s decision to brand the company a “supply chain risk” is unlawful and violates its First Amendment rights. The dispute has simmered for months, as the firm sought safeguards limiting military use of its AI for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons. The new cases, lodged in the northern district court of California and the US court of appeals for the Washington DC Circuit, follow the Pentagon’s formal issuance of the risk designation last Thursday. Notably, it is the first time this blacklisting tool has been deployed against a US company. Moreover, the designation effectively instructs any contractor that does business with the government to cut all ties with Anthropic, posing a serious threat to the firm’s business model. Free speech and retaliation claims against the Trump administration Anthropic’s complaint contends that the Trump administration is punishing the company for refusing to comply with what it describes as the government’s ideological demands. According to the filing, this alleged retaliation violates protected speech and represents an attempt to coerce the firm into changing its stance on military applications of AI. “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 asserted in its California lawsuit. However, the government has not yet publicly detailed its rationale for the designation. Deep integration of Claude in US defense systems Over the past year, Anthropic’s flagship AI model Claude has become deeply integrated into the Department of Defense.…

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