Judge says it looks like Pentagon was out to 'punish' Anthropic, not protect national security

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to accede to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's demands, which eventually led to the legal fight.

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• Anthropic has asked a judge to block the Pentagon from labeling it a supply chain risk.
• The label could prevent Anthropic from getting lucrative government contracts.
• On Tuesday, a federal judge called the Department of War's label "troubling."

A federal judge in San Francisco lit into the Pentagon on Tuesday for its...