By Nick Robins-Early
Publication Date: 2026-03-09 16:26:00
Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Defense Department on Monday, claiming the government’s decision to label the artificial intelligence company a “supply chain risk” was unlawful and violated its First Amendment rights. The two sides have been locked in a months-long heated dispute over the company’s attempt to provide safeguards against the military’s possible use of its AI models for domestic mass surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons.
The lawsuits, filed by Anthropic in the Northern District Court of California and the US Court of Appeals for the Washington DC Circuit, come after the Pentagon formally issued its supply chain risk rating last Thursday, the first time the blacklisting tool has been used against a US company. The AI company had previously vowed to challenge the designation and its demand that any company doing business with the government cut all ties with Anthropic, posing a serious threat to its business model.
Anthropic’s lawsuit…
