Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally by blacklisting Anthropic, the company behind Claude AI. Per Ars Technica, Judge Rita Lin found that the government unlawfully retaliated against the firm by labeling it a national security supply-chain risk. This action followed Anthropic's refusal to remove restrictions on using its technology for mass surveillance of Americans and lethal autonomous warfare. The court's order vacates the government directives that barred the use of the company's AI technology.

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