DC Circuit Backs Pentagon in AI Showdown With Anthropic Over Who Controls Claude

Susie Moore· Sep 25, 2026 · 6:10 PM UTC ·6 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 7 views

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Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); In Anthropic PBC v. Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson (Bush 41) dissented.Anthropic hasn't refused to allow the military to use Claude — far from it. The company has permitted the AI system to be used for weapons development, foreign-intelligence analysis, and offensive cyber operations, among other things.But it has drawn two lines: Anthropic won't allow Claude to be used for lethal autonomous weapons or mass domestic surveillance.

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▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); In Anthropic PBC v.
▪Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson (Bush 41) dissented.Anthropic hasn't refused to allow the military to use Claude — far from it.
▪The company has permitted the AI system to be used for weapons development, foreign-intelligence analysis, and offensive cyber operations, among other things.But it has drawn two lines: Anthropic won't allow Claude to be used for lethal aut

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DC Circuit Backs Pentagon in AI Showdown With Anthropic Over Who Controls Claude Susie Moore Follow @SmoosieQ Sep 25, 2026 2:10 PM 2:10 PM on September 25, 2026 Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-728x90_1"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-728x90_1"]]) }); AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File We're getting some big court decisions out of D.C. on Friday, including one that allows the Pentagon to continue excluding Anthropic's Claude from its supply chain after the artificial intelligence company refused to allow the military to use its technology for all lawful purposes, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

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