US Appeals Court Backs Pentagon as Anthropic Faces Split Rulings in Two Cases

AI company Anthropic has filed two lawsuits against the US government: one challenging the Pentagon's designation of the company as a "Supply Chain Risk" (SCR), and another opposing a federal order to halt all government use of its Claude model. As cases proceed through different courts, conflicting rulings have emerged. In the Claude ban case, a California federal court ruled in late March that the government's order is likely unconstitutional, particularly as potential retaliation against Anthropic's AI safety stance and for failing to provide adequate due process. The court issued a preliminary injunction allowing Anthropic to maintain operations and some government partnerships during litigation.