Clash with the Pentagon: Court Blocks Trump's Decree Against Anthropic

The geopolitical AI thriller reaches its climax. On March 28, Federal Judge Rita Lin blocked a White House executive directive that banned US government agencies from using Anthropic solutions.

The Trump administration attempted to isolate the lab by publicly labeling it a "supply chain threat." The White House used the recent data leak concerning the cyber risks of the Mythos model as a legal pretext. However, the true underlying reason was revealed in court: the sanctions were a response to Anthropic's firm refusal to provide the Pentagon with an API for mass biometric citizen surveillance systems. This precedent sets the rules of the game for years to come: tech giants are beginning to openly and legally successfully resist the US military-informational complex, defending principles of corporate ethics.

Source: US District Court / The Guardian