Anthropic Blacklisting: Judge Slams White House Overreach

Anthropic, an AI company, was blacklisted by the Department of War, which designated it as a supply chain risk. However, US District Judge Rita Lin has ruled that officials seemingly had no authority to take such extreme actions without considering less restrictive alternatives or offering any evidence that Anthropic posed an urgent risk to national security.

In fact, the judge described the Department of War's efforts as