Anthropic has made good on its promise to challenge it in court after the Pentagon late last week identified it as a supply chain risk.
Claude’s producers filed a complaint with the ministry on Monday. The complaint comes after weeks of conflict between Anthropic and the Department of Defense over whether the military has unrestricted access to Anthropic’s AI systems. Anthropic had two firm lines. They didn’t want their technology to be used for mass surveillance of Americans, and they didn’t believe they were ready to develop fully autonomous weapons that didn’t require humans to determine targets or fire.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that the Pentagon should have access to AI systems “for any lawful purpose.” Supply chain risk labels are typically reserved for foreign adversaries and require companies and agencies working with the Department of Defense to certify that they are not using Anthropic’s model.
Anthropic said in a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court that the Pentagon’s actions were “unprecedented and illegal.” “The Constitution does not allow the government to use vast powers to punish companies for protected speech.”
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