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Anthropic requests court rehearing over Pentagon supply chain risk blacklisting

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal against a Pentagon designation labelling the company a supply chain risk.

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Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal regarding a Pentagon decision to blacklist the firm's models. CNBC Tech, CNBC, UA.NEWS, and The Tech Buzz all reported on the court filing. [1][2][3][4]

CNBC Tech reported that the Secretary of War branded the American AI company a national security supply chain risk. The designation followed Anthropic's refusal to allow its models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans. [1]

Anthropic is an American public benefit corporation based in San Francisco, California, led by chief executive officer Dario Amodei. The company develops a series of proprietary large language models under the Claude brand name, which are trained using a method called Constitutional AI. [1][5][8]

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In short

  • Anthropic asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal against a Pentagon blacklist.
  • The Pentagon designated Anthropic a national security supply chain risk.
  • Anthropic declined to permit its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Anthropic urges court in Washington, D.C. to rehear appeal of Pentagon blacklistingCNBC Tech, 21d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Anthropic urges court in Washington, D.C. to rehear appeal of Pentagon blacklistingCNBC, 21d ago
  3. [3]Anthropic seeks rehearing in Pentagon supply chain risk case — CNBCUA.NEWS, 21d ago
  4. [4]Anthropic Appeals Pentagon AI Blacklist in Federal CourtThe Tech Buzz, 21d ago

Background

  1. [5]Anthropic on Wikipedia
  2. [6]E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump on Wikipedia
  3. [7]W.M.M. v. Trump on Wikipedia
  4. [8]Anthropic on Grokipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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