Court rules Trump administration illegally blacklisted Anthropic

Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules

A federal court ruled the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk was unlawful retaliation violating the First Amendment. Anthropic had sued, arguing the move punished the company for publicly criticizing White House AI policy. The ruling orders the designation revoked; the post doesn't say whether the government will appeal.

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