Judge to Pentagon: where's your receipts on Anthropic?
A federal judge just torched the Trump administration's case for banning Anthropic from government contracts, saying there's no evidence backing its 'supply chain risk' label. The fight started when Anthropic refused to let its AI be used for mass surveillance or lethal weapons targeting, arguing the tech wasn't ready. The Pentagon fired back by claiming Anthropic could secretly disable or alter its models mid operation, a kill switch style claim Judge Rita Lin says has zero proof behind it. She also called the government's retaliation logic, punishing a contractor for criticizing the DoD, 'really troubling.'
Nothing says 'trust our military AI strategy' like losing an argument you invented.