Anthropic did a good job on this promise to challenge Defense department in court after agency termed it supply chain risk Last weekend.
The cloud-maker filed a complaint against the department on Monday. The complaint comes after a weeks-long standoff between Anthropic and the DOD over whether the military should have unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI systems. Anthropic had two firm red lines: it didn’t want its technology used for mass surveillance of Americans and it didn’t believe it was ready to power fully autonomous weapons, with no humans making targeting and firing decisions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that the Pentagon should have access to AI systems for “any lawful purpose”. The supply chain risk label is usually reserved for foreign adversaries, and any company or agency working with the Pentagon is required to certify that it does not use Anthropic’s model.
Anthropic called the DOD’s actions “unprecedented and unlawful” in a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court. “The Constitution does not allow the government to use its vast power to punish a company for its protected speech.”
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