{"id":22241,"date":"2026-03-09T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/ai-firm-anthropic-sues-us-defense-department-over-blacklisting\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:37:18","slug":"ai-firm-anthropic-sues-us-defense-department-over-blacklisting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/ai-firm-anthropic-sues-us-defense-department-over-blacklisting\/","title":{"rendered":"AI firm Anthropic sues US defense department over blacklisting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuits come after Pentagon labeled Anthropic a \u2018supply chain risk\u2019, a decision the company says is unlawful<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense on Monday, alleging that the government\u2019s decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a \u201csupply chain risk\u201d was unlawful and violated its first amendment rights. The two sides have been locked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-pentagon\">monthslong heated feud<\/a> over the company\u2019s attempt to implement safeguards against the military\u2019s potential use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits, which Anthropic filed in the northern district court of California and the US court of appeals for the Washington DC Circuit, come after the Pentagon formally issued the supply chain risk designation last Thursday, the first time the blacklisting tool has been used against a US company. The AI firm previously vowed to challenge the designation and its demand that any company that does business with the government cut all ties with Anthropic, a serious threat to its business model.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/anthropic-defense-department-lawsuit-ai\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c659565017a1df46689a3734e69769a209c3daaa\/499_128_3399_2718\/master\/3399.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6292ed9731bf0afbf99f3e752bc0881f\" title=\"AI firm Anthropic sues US defense department over blacklisting\" \/>Lawsuits come after Pentagon labeled Anthropic a \u2018supply chain risk\u2019, a decision the company says is unlawful<br \/>\nSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<br \/>\nAnthropic filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense on Monday, alleging that the government\u2019s decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a \u201csupply chain risk\u201d was unlawful and violated its first amendment rights. The two sides have been locked in a monthslong heated feud over the company\u2019s attempt to implement safeguards against the military\u2019s potential use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons.<br \/>\nThe lawsuits, which Anthropic filed in the northern district court of California and the US court of appeals for the Washington DC Circuit, come after the Pentagon formally issued the supply chain risk designation last Thursday, the first time the blacklisting tool has been used against a US company. The AI firm previously vowed to challenge the designation and its demand that any company that does business with the government cut all ties with Anthropic, a serious threat to its business model. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuits come after Pentagon labeled Anthropic a \u2018supply chain risk\u2019, a decision the company says is unlawful Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense on Monday, alleging that the government\u2019s decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/ai-firm-anthropic-sues-us-defense-department-over-blacklisting\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI firm Anthropic sues US defense department over blacklisting<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22241"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}