A US court has ruled the US Department of Defense acted unlawfully when it designated artificial intelligence startup Anthropic a supply chain risk.
It says the move was illegal and baseless.
The company argued in the lawsuit that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth overstepped his authority with the new designation.
It followed Anthropic’s refusal to allow the military to use its AI models for things that included surveillance or autonomous weapons.
US district judge Rita Lin said in the ruling that citing national security “is not a blank cheque to punish and retaliate against government critics”.
Anthropic welcomed the ruling.
The BBC says it has contacted the Pentagon and the White House for comment.
