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Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over "Supply Chain Risk" Blacklist — OpenAI/Google Workers File Amicus Brief

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Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit to overturn its Pentagon "supply chain risk" designation, which bars Claude from all Department of Defense work. The designation came after Anthropic demanded restrictions on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons applications. In a rare show of cross-company solidarity, OpenAI and Google employees filed an amicus brief supporting Anthropic. This was the most-discussed AI story of the day, dominating four Reddit subreddits simultaneously (3,050 + 1,137 + 793 + 634 upvotes). This is the most significant AI governance confrontation since the Anthropic exodus from OpenAI in 2021 — a major lab directly challenging government pressure to remove safety guardrails. Reuters | TechCrunch

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