Microsoft backs Anthropic, urging a judge to halt Pentagon’s actions against AI company
Microsoft backs Anthropic, urging a judge to halt Pentagon’s actions against AI company
Publish Date: 2026-03-11 12:24:00
Source Domain: federalnewsnetwork.com
- Microsoft filed a legal challenge to a Defense Secretary’s directive to prevent Anthropic from military contracts, labeling its AI as a threat to national security.
- The Pentagon’s decision was criticized as a measure to coerce Anthropic into allowing unrestricted military use of their AI model Claude, which the firm and President Trump disagree with.
- Microsoft argued that the designation of AI supply chain risk is an overreach that unjustly punishes the company and could have negative economic repercussions.
- Microsoft’s legal filing expressed a broader stance on ethical boundaries for AI, opposing uses for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous warfare.
- Microsoft’s support of Anthropic was echoed by other tech companies and organizations advocating for ethical use of AI technology.
