Anthropic and U.S. government to face off in DC court over blacklisting of AI company

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• watch now A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments on Tuesday in Anthropic's lawsuit over its blacklisting by the Department of Defense, the latest faceoff in the monthslong clash between the Pentagon and one of the country's leading artificial intelligence companies.
• A lawyer for the U.S.
• Department of Justice, on behalf of the DOD, and counsel for Anthropic answered questions from a panel of three circuit judges for nearly two hours.
• Judge Karen Henderson, Judge Gregory Katsas and Judge Neomi Rao will now take the matter under advisement and issue a written opinion.
• Anthropic sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the DOD in March after the agency declared the AI startup a supply chain risk, meaning it purportedly threatens U.S.