Anthropic sues Defense Department over the Pentagon's effective blacklisting

• Anthropic filed a lawsuit on Monday to stop the Pentagon's effective blacklisting.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously ordered the Pentagon to stop doing business with the AI startup.
• In the legal filing, Anthropic said the order is already hurting its business.

Anthropic has filed suit to block the Pentagon's effective blacklisting of the company and its products.

On Monday, Anthropic sued the Department of Defense, the Executive Office of the President, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and several other federal agencies. Last Thursday, the Pentagon said it had formally notified Anthropic that it would be labeled a supply chain risk, an unprecedented move against a US company.

Defense Department officials took issue with Anthropic's refusal to allow the Pentagon full access to its AI models. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said such a request failed to take into account the necessary safeguards needed for the deployment of fully autonomous weapons and to prevent widespread domestic surveillance of Americans.

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