Anthropic Asks Appeals Court to Revisit Pentagon Risk Label
The AI company says the court misread federal law and overlooked evidence that the Pentagon’s designation retaliated against its safety views.
Key takeaways
- Anthropic has asked the appeals court in Washington, D.C., to rehear its challenge to the Pentagon’s designation.
- The court upheld the designation in September in a 2-1 decision.
Anthropic has asked a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., to rehear its challenge to the Pentagon’s designation of the company as a national security supply chain risk. The court upheld the designation in September in a 2-1 decision.
In its petition, Anthropic argued that the majority misread a federal law intended to address hostile foreign actors. The company also said the Pentagon acted without a pre-designation process and retaliated against its public views on AI safety.
The court’s majority agreed with the Pentagon that Anthropic’s safety restrictions could compromise military operations. In a separate case in August, a federal judge in California struck down a parallel designation under a different law.
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