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Trump Blacklisting of "Woke" Anthropic Deemed Illegal by Federal Judge
Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
TL;DR
- A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic AI was illegal retaliation.
- The company was barred for refusing to allow its AI for lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
- Judge Rita Lin found the national security justification for the ban to be "slim" and baseless.
- The ruling vacated government directives against Anthropic and ordered them rescinded.
- Anthropic argued the blacklisting violated its First Amendment rights and administrative procedures.
- The Trump White House had labeled Anthropic a "radical left, woke company" jeopardizing national security.
- The ruling found the government's actions arbitrary and capricious, violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
- The government could appeal the ruling, and a separate case is ongoing in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.