US appeals court lets Pentagon keep blocking Anthropic from military contracts over national security
eyishazyer · x · 2026-09-26
A U.S. federal appeals court (D.C. Circuit) ruled that the Pentagon can continue blocking Anthropic from military contracts for now over its "national security risk" designation, handing a victory to the Trump administration in its fight with Anthropic.
Notably, the court held that Claude's built-in refusal restrictions could factor into the exclusion rationale. Commenting on the ruling, eyishazyer quipped that Claude refusing to do things is now deemed a national security threat, while models that actually hacked real companies remain under "ongoing review."
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