Anthropic’s Department of War lawsuit is even higher-stakes amid the AI boom

Anthropic suing the U.S. Department of War perhaps wasn’t a surprise, but it was nevertheless a shock. 

This is the sort of thing that has happened, but is rare—and a matter of last resort. For more than a week, the Pentagon and Anthropic, valued at $380 billion, have been wrapped in a very public conflict over how the Trump Administration can (and can’t) use AI. The result: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth last week designated the company a “supply chain risk.”

In its lawsuit...