A judge declared the Pentagon's blacklisting of AI lab Anthropic unconstitutional, marking a significant legal victory against the Trump administration's controversial decision.

The judge ruled that the Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic stemmed from a “desire to make a public example out of Anthropic” for its criticism of the government.

A federal judge blocked the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic, calling it unlawful First Amendment retaliation over AI safety