Court rules Pentagon can’t ban Anthropic’s AI models
# Court Overturns Pentagon's Ban on Anthropic's AI A federal judge ruled this week that the U.S. Defense Department acted illegally when it banned Anthropic's Claude AI system. The dispute started when the Pentagon initially agreed to use Claude on its internal platform but then reversed course, leading to the court battle that just ended in Anthropic's favor.
A federal court has overturned the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence models. Judge Rita Lin wrote in a late Thursday ruling that the Pentagon’s move was “illegal and baseless.” The saga began in fall 2025, when the Defense Department approached Anthropic about
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