Anthropic and Pentagon head to court as AI firm seeks end to ‘stigmatizing’ supply chain risk label
Anthropic and Pentagon head to court as AI firm seeks end to ‘stigmatizing’ supply chain risk label
Publish Date: 2026-03-24 15:31:00
Source Domain: federalnewsnetwork.com
- Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is seeking a federal judge’s temporary halt to the Pentagon’s designation of the company as a “supply chain risk,” calling it “unprecedented and stigmatizing.”
- A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Tuesday in a California federal court, which marks a key point in the ongoing conflict between Anthropic and the Trump administration.
- Anthropic filed a lawsuit earlier this month against what it claims is an “unlawful campaign of retaliation” for refusing unrestricted military use of its AI technology.
- The company is requesting an emergency order from U.S. District Judge Rita Lin to reverse the Pentagon’s decision, and also seeks to undo President Donald Trump’s order for federal employees to stop using its AI chatbot.
- Judge Lin, presiding over the case in San Francisco, asked both parties to answer several questions about discrepancies in the official directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his social media posts.
- Anthropic has also filed a separate, narrower case in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.
- The federal judge has specified questions for a hearing on the issue, focusing on differing accounts of the designation process.
