US Court Upholds Pentagon's Decision to Exclude Anthropic from Supply Chain

A US Appeals Court upheld the Pentagon's decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain after the company refused to remove protective measures from its 'Claude' model. The dispute began in February when the Secretary of Defense requested the removal of restrictions on using the model in lethal autonomous weapons. The Pentagon's classification of Anthropic as a supply chain risk led to the cancellation of military contracts with the company and prevented other contractors from using its technology. On the same day, the Pentagon signed agreements with competing firms like OpenAI and Google.