Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
A US appeals court allowed the government to blacklist Anthropic without proving malicious motive.
The DC Circuit ruled that the United States may designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk under 41 U.S.C. § 4713 without proving bad motive. A Northern District of California judge had found the designation unlawful under 10 U.S.C. § 3252, which limits supply-chain risk to adversarial sabotage or subversion. The appeals court said it alone reviews procurement actions under Section 4713, whose broader definition covers manipulation of covered technology without malicious intent. The case follows Anthropic’s refusal to enable certain Claude features for the government.
- DC Circuit reviewed the blacklist under 41 U.S.C. § 4713
- District court had rejected it under 10 U.S.C. § 3252
- Section 4713 does not require a bad motive
- Dispute follows Anthropic refusing requested Claude features
- Appeals court has exclusive jurisdiction over Section 4713 reviews
- Vendors
- Anthropic
- Organizations
- AnthropicUS District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUS Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
- Countries
- United States
- AI models
- Claude
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