A federal judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of War from enforcing a blacklist designation, finding that the agency appeared to punish the AI company for publicly criticizing the government's contracting position in violation of First Amendment protections. Judge Rita Lin ruled that Anthropic demonstrated it would likely succeed on claims that officials acted arbitrarily and without proper authority, noting the supply-chain risk designation had never before been applied to a domestic company.
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A federal judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of War from enforcing a blacklist designation, finding that the agency appeared to punish the AI company for publicly criticizing the government's contracting position in violation of First Amendment protections. Judge Rita Lin ruled that Anthropic demonstrated it would likely succeed on claims that officials acted arbitrarily and without proper authority, noting the supply-chain risk designation had never before been applied to a domestic company.