U.S. judge blocks Pentagon’s ‘Orwellian notion’ to label Anthropic a supply chain risk and ban Claude from the government

A U.S. federal judge blocked the Pentagon's attempt to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk and ban Claude from government use. Judge Rita Lin ruled Thursday that the measures appeared designed to punish Anthropic, calling the approach "Orwellian." The decision protects the AI company's access to federal contracts and customers.