US court declines to block Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting for now

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-court-declines-block-pentagons-anthropic-blacklisting-now-2026-04-08/

by spenvo • 4 months ago

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ggm3• 4 months ago

I am in two minds about this one. I do think this is a retrograde decision, but I can also see (steelman?) a perspective from the DoW that they were entitled to make assumptions about the inputs they use for planning and the inability to follow through on those assumptions means they can't now "supply" the kinds of intelligence they sought.

King for a day I wouldn't have done this, but the current king (of the hill?) has, and the court aligns to his intent more often than not these days.

AlotOfReading• 4 months ago

The designation means no one else receiving federal dollars can contract with them, not just that the DoD will offboard them as a vendor. It's also a clause the government had already agreed to for over a year prior.

ggm3• 4 months ago

It's the only leverage they have I guess. Which is lawfare, and awful.

mitchbob• 4 months ago

https://archive.ph/oJLSm

curt152• 4 months ago

"Under these circumstances, requiring the Department to prolong its use of Anthropic’s AI technology, whether directly or through contractors, strikes us as a substantial judicial imposition on military operations." (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42...)

Does not designating Anthropic a "supply chain risk" actually require the DoD to use Anthropic's services?

missingcolours• 4 months ago

If they can't tell their suppliers not to depend on Anthropic models and services, then... yes, potentially?

curt152• 3 months ago

What prevents the DoD from saying "no" without the designation?

US court declines to block Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting for now

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