US appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply chain risk label on Anthropic
A US appeals court has upheld the Pentagon’s decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk. The label bars the military and its contractors from using Anthropic’s Claude models. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the DC Circuit court of appeals denied Anthropic’s petitions to overturn the designation.
Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas wrote the opinion, joined by Circuit Judge Neomi Rao. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson dissented. Anthropic said it disagreed with the decision, CNBC’s Ashley Capoot reported.
“We remain confident in our position and are considering all options, including further review,” an Anthropic spokesperson told CNBC.
What the court decided
The Department of War, as the administration now calls the Pentagon, acted under a 2018 supply chain security law. Anthropic had refused to relax contract terms on Claude, the opinion says. Those terms barred its use for lethal autonomous warfare or domestic surveillance.
Anthropic argued that the exclusion...
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