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Federal Judges Rule Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Legal
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In Short: Federal judges have ruled that the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic's AI model, Claude, was legal.
Federal judges have ruled that the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic's AI model, Claude, was legal, according to recent court decisions.
Claude, developed by Anthropic, is now involved in about 90% of the company's research and development, up from virtually none in February, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
Anthropic is using Claude to build the next generation of AI, with the model capable of handling high-level tasks from start to finish.
Despite the ruling, Anthropic continues to advocate for stricter regulations on AI, including the possibility of mandatory 'kill switches' for AI systems.
Former Pentagon AI Policy Director Mark Beall warned that without proper guardrails, AI surveillance tools could turn American communities into a 'China-like surveillance state'.
Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, greenlit sweeping new child safety rules for social media and AI chatbots, amid mounting political pressure to regulate tech giants.
Anthropic's Jack Clark has suggested that society might eventually need to pass rules requiring a verifiable 'kill switch' for AI systems.
What this adds
The ruling does not address the broader implications of AI regulation or the ethical concerns raised by Anthropic and other AI companies.
What's confirmed
- Federal judges have ruled that the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic's AI model, Claude, was legal, according to recent court decisions.
- Claude, developed by Anthropic, is now involved in about 90% of the company's research and development, up from virtually none in February, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
- Anthropic is using Claude to build the next generation of AI, with the model capable of handling high-level tasks from start to finish.
- Despite the ruling, Anthropic continues to advocate for stricter regulations on AI, including the possibility of mandatory 'kill switches' for AI systems.
- Former Pentagon AI Policy Director Mark Beall warned that without proper guardrails, AI surveillance tools could turn American communities into a 'China-like surveillance state'.
- Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, greenlit sweeping new child safety rules for social media and AI chatbots, amid mounting political pressure to regulate tech giants.
- Anthropic's Jack Clark has suggested that society might eventually need to pass rules requiring a verifiable 'kill switch' for AI systems.
What's still developing
- Download the Straight Arrow app today to get the stories that matter free from manipulation, bias or agenda.™ Back in February, Claude was leading basically none of Anthropic’s model research and development.
- Anthropic is also calling on other AI companies to share those metrics, as well.
- "If suddenly my connection to OpenAI cuts out, I can switch to Anthropic,” Nguyen said.
- 14, “I think that’s the kind of thing society is going to want to know and might want to eventually pass rules around.” But what exactly a “kill switch” would look like – and the likelihood of it being effectively implemented – is still widely debated.
- Essentially, X said that Nitter had scraped the social network’s data to access accounts and session tokens in violation of its rules.
- Despite the threat, Nitter said on its GitHub page that “following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue,” and promised more details would come soon.
- Disrupt 2026: OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, and more take over 6 industry stages.
- 25% off tickets now Back by popular demand: Save up to $300 on Disrupt After X threatened legal action last month, Nitter and XCancel, privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts, appear to be officially dead — for real this time.
- The latest revelation also comes as growing numbers of U.S. lawmakers call for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future.
- IPO -bound rival Anthropic has also reported a string of attacks by its agents.
- Many incidents where AI agents from developers such as OpenAI and rival Anthropic have hacked or attempted to access external systems have heightened concerns over the increasing capacity of AI models and developers’ ability to contain them.
- Speaking on " Saturday in America," Beall argued that while this technology can have vital law enforcement benefits, clear rules and judicial oversight are necessary to protect the rights of Americans at home.