During a hearing Tuesday, a district court judge questioned the Department of Defense’s motivations for labeling the Claude AI developer a supply-chain risk.
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Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story The US Department of Defense appears to be illegally punishing Anthropic for trying to restrict the use of its AI tools by the military , US district judge Rita Lin said during a court hearing on Tuesday.
“It looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic,” Lin said of the Pentagon designating the company a supply-chain risk.