Judge Blocks Pentagon Blacklisting of Anthropic
Posts report a federal judge blocked the Pentagon action against the AI firm.
A reply from Jennifer Huddleston at Cato notes the case raises First Amendment issues extending beyond AI and links to her earlier writing on the Anthropic lawsuit. A post from Rohan Paul states a federal judge blocked Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic as illegal and baseless. The post adds that the judge found no adequate basis in the record and tied the action to the company's public criticism. The Pentagon had moved to designate rather than simply end its Claude relationship.
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Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiFederal judge blocks Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic, calling it ‘illegal and baseless’ Lin found no adequate basis for treating Anthropic that way and concluded the government's own record tied the punishment to Anthropic's public criticism. Rather than simply ending its…
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JH Jennifer Huddleston@jrhuddlesAs I wrote back in March, this case raises significant concerns around government power and the First Amendment that could extend well beyond any particular company as well as beyond just the AI industry. This ruling recognizes similar concerns
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CB Charlie Bullock@CharlieBull0ckIt's been a while since I looked at this Anthropic-DoW case, but I'm reading through the SJ order and I keep going "oh that's right they did do that." Unbelievable stuff. Underrated highlight was when DoW just never did the statutorily required discussion of less intrusive…
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CB Charlie Bullock@CharlieBull0ckIt's been a while since I looked at this Anthropic-DoW case, but I'm reading through the SJ order and I keep going "oh that's right they did do that." Unbelievable stuff. Underrated highlight was when DoW just never did the statutorily required discussion of less intrusive…
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TN The New York Times@nytimesBreaking News: The Trump administration acted illegally when it labeled Anthropic a security risk and blacklisted it, a federal judge ruled. https://nyti.ms/3SZOMA3
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