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Anthropic has made good on its promise to challenge<\/a> the Department of Defense (DOD) in court after the agency labeled it a supply-chain risk<\/a> late last week.<\/p>\n The Claude maker filed two complaints against the DOD on Monday in California and Washington, D.C., after a weeks-long conflict between Anthropic and the DOD over whether the military should have unrestricted access to Anthropic\u2019s AI systems. Anthropic had two firm red lines: It didn\u2019t want its technology to be used for mass surveillance of Americans and didn\u2019t believe it was ready to power fully autonomous weapons with no humans making targeting and firing decisions.<\/p>\n Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that the Pentagon should have access to AI systems for \u201cany lawful purpose\u201d and that it shouldn\u2019t be limited by a private contractor.<\/p>\n A supply-chain risk label is usually reserved for foreign adversaries and requires any company or agency that does work with the Pentagon to certify that it doesn\u2019t use Anthropic\u2019s models. While several private companies are still working with Anthropic<\/a>, the firm is poised to lose much of its business<\/a> within the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n Anthropic called the DOD\u2019s actions \u201cunprecedented and unlawful\u201d and accuses the administration of retaliation<\/a> in a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court. \u201cThe Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n The protected speech Anthropic refers to is its belief about the \u201climitations of its own AI services <\/a>and important issues of AI safety,\u201d per the lawsuit. The administration, including Defense Secretary Hegseth and President Trump, have criticized Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei as \u201cwoke\u201d and \u201cradical\u201d over the company\u2019s calls for stronger AI safety and transparency measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the lawsuit, Anthropic argued the government doesn\u2019t have to agree with its views or use its products, but it cannot employ the power of the state to punish or suppress Anthropic\u2019s expression.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span> Anthropic also argued that \u201cno federal statute authorizes the actions taken here,\u201d claiming the Defense Department\u2019s supply-chain risk designation was issued \u201cwithout observance of the procedures Congress required.\u201d The law generally requires agencies to conduct a risk assessment, notify the targeted company and allow it to respond, make a written national-security determination, and notify Congress before excluding a vendor from federal supply chains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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