Artificial Intelligence

Judge Rejects 'Orwellian Notion' That Anthropic Is a Supply Chain Risk for Disagreeing With the Government

Judge Rita Lin's preliminary injunction confirms what government officials had implicitly acknowledged: The supply chain risk designation was punishment, not policy.

Jack Nicastro | 3.27.2026 4:44 PM

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A federal judge blocked the government from banning Anthropic from federal contracting on Thursday. The ruling confirms what the Defense Department's continued use of Anthropic implies: The AI developer is not a supply chain risk, and disagreement with the government is not subversion.

Judge Rita Lin's order reverses President Donald Trump's February 27 directive for every federal agency "to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic's technology." It also strikes down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's order that his agency designate Anthropic as a "Supply-Chain Risk to National Security" and the March 3........

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