Anthropic Oral Argument Begins In D.C. Circuit Court Today
#392Dean W. Ball@DEANWBALLThe government admits in trial there was no backdoor by which Anthropic could have interfered in real time with classified military operations. When DoW officials asserted that this was an imminent threat, it smelled like BS to me; at trial, USG lawyers seem to agree w/ me.
Samuel Roland@AllinallnotbadAnthropic-DoW oral argument in D.C. Circuit starting in 10 for those interested. Will be doing live tweet thread here. This is the second of the two cases, and where Anthropic has come up short thus far. We will probably figure out more from what questions the judges ask here than anything else. D.C. Circuit Channel: https://www.youtube.com/USCourtsCADC Order denying prelim injunction: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/69d7a12830a7ea52b0982378
Because of this shaky justification for the supply chain risk designation, DoW’s argument basically hinges on the notion that Anthropic either intended to or did create a backdoor into classified systems so that they could interfere with military operations—a criminal offense. This seems flatly implausible to me.
Dean W. Ball@deanwballThe government admits in trial there was no backdoor by which Anthropic could have interfered in real time with classified military operations. When DoW officials asserted that this was an imminent threat, it smelled like BS to me; at trial, USG lawyers seem to agree w/ me.