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Appeals Court Lets the Pentagon Designate Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk.

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A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's decision to bar Anthropic from military contracts after the company refused to enable certain Claude features.

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A divided appeals court panel sided with the Trump administration, allowing the Pentagon to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk. Anthropic had argued the designation violated its rights.

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Court upholds Pentagon's decision to bar Anthropic from military contracts

Pentagon was right to slap Anthropic with a security supply chain risk label, federal court says
The Decoder · 25 Sept 2026, 18:40

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“The AI lab had argued multiple violations of its rights, but a divided panel of judges sided with the Trump administration.”
WIRED AI, 25 Sept 2026, 16:58.

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