Dario Amodei: Trump Administration Appeals 'Orwellian' Ruling Blocking Anthropic Pentagon Blacklist

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DOJ filed notice April 2 to appeal Judge Rita Lin's ruling that blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk — a designation previously reserved for foreign adversaries. Lin's 43-page ruling called it 'Orwellian' to brand an American company a 'potential adversary and saboteur' for refusing to allow Claude in autonomous weapons or mass surveillance. The Ninth Circuit set an April 30 deadline; if overturned, every federal contractor using Claude products would need to certify non-use.