D.C. appeals court declines to block Pentagon's Anthropic designation

The ruling keeps a separate legal challenge alive as CEO Dario Amodei defends limits on military uses of Claude and Anthropic contests the designation.

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Primary source: Reuters

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The dispute turns Anthropic's safety commitments into a commercial constraint: the safeguards that define its position can also limit access to defense contracts, while separate court cases produce different near-term outcomes.

A stoic federal courthouse in Washington D.C. under an overcast sky, with the Anthropic logo faintly visible on a screen through a window.

The ruling keeps a separate legal challenge alive as CEO Dario Amodei defends limits on military uses of Claude and Anthropic contests the designation.

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