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Anthropic Sues the Pentagon — The First Amendment Case That Defines AI Safety Boundaries
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Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's supply chain risk designation — the first ever applied to a U.S. company. Pentagon CTO Emil Michael says "no chance of negotiations." The lawsuits allege First Amendment retaliation for Anthropic's refusal to support mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. OpenAI and Google DeepMind researchers filed an amicus brief. This isn't just about one contract — defense contractors may need to certify zero Anthropic exposure, threatening the entire AWS/GCP defense ecosystem. Nextgov
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