Appeals court upholds Pentagon's risk designation for Anthropic
A divided panel sided with the Trump administration, letting the Pentagon keep treating Anthropic's Claude models as a supply-chain risk barred from military contracts.
A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. A divided panel sided with the Trump administration over the company's objection, Wired reported. CNBC separately reported that the panel found Claude's integration with Department of Defense systems to be a national-security risk under federal statute.
Anthropic had argued the designation violated multiple of its rights, Wired reported. Neither outlet detailed which specific claims the panel rejected, or the judges' vote breakdown.
Anthropic said in a statement, quoted by the X account AndrewCurran_, that it "remains confident in its position and is considering its options." Neither Anthropic nor the Pentagon has said whether Anthropic plans a further appeal.
The ruling drew wide attention beyond the outlets that first reported it, reaching 196 points and 256 comments on Hacker News' front page within hours of publication.