A federal judge in San Francisco has sided with Anthropic in its dispute with the Trump administration, calling the government's actions "classic illegal First Amendment retaliation" for public criticism. Judge Rita F. Lin rejected what she called the "Orwellian notion" that a U.S. company can be branded "a potential adversary and saboteur" simply for expressing disagreement with the government.

After Anthropic refused to let its AI to be used in autonomous weapons systems, Trump ordered US agencies to quit using it

A federal judge in San Francisco granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.