Appeals court hears Anthropic’s Pentagon AI suit
Lawyers for the Defense Department and Anthropic faced intense questioning from a three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously rejected the AI firm’s bid to temporarily halt the supply chain risk designation. The case could have major implications for the government’s working relationship with technology companies and the procurement processes beneath federal contracts.
- ▪Lawyers for the Defense Department and Anthropic faced intense questioning from a three-judge panel in the D.C.
- ▪Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously rejected the AI firm’s bid to temporarily halt the supply chain risk designation.
- ▪The case could have major implications for the government’s working relationship with technology companies and the procurement processes beneath federal contracts.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 12 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Anthropic DOD blacklist case argued in D.C. appeals court — Yahoo Finance
- ▪ Anthropic and the U.S. government are arguing their Pentagon blacklist case in court — Quartz
- ▪ Anthropic and U.S. government to face off in DC court over blacklisting of AI company — US Top News and Analysis
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Technology Appeals court hears Anthropic’s Pentagon AI suit Comments: by Miranda Nazzaro - 05/19/26 5:14 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Miranda Nazzaro - 05/19/26 5:14 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Anthropic and the Pentagon squared off Tuesday in a federal appeals court, where the artificial intelligence firm faced an uphill battle in convincing three Republican-appointed judges that Secretary Pete Hegseth’s supply chain risk label violated the law. Lawyers for the Defense Department and Anthropic faced intense questioning from a three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously rejected the AI firm’s bid to temporarily halt the supply chain risk designation.
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