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A US federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked Pentagon action against Anthropic, giving the AI company short-term relief in its fight with the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ruling keeps federal agencies from enforcing a stop-use order against Claude for now and places the legal focus on whether the government acted beyond its authority.<\/p>\n Judge Rita Lin of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted<\/a> a preliminary injunction on Thursday. The order stops the Pentagon from enforcing its supply chain risk label against Anthropic while the case moves forward.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ruling also pauses President Donald Trump\u2019s directive<\/a> that told federal agencies to stop using Anthropic\u2019s chatbot, Claude. The judge said the record did not support the government\u2019s position at this stage of the case.<\/p>\n Judge Lin wrote,\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNothing in the governing statute supports the Orwellian notion that an American company may be branded a potential adversary and saboteur of the US for expressing disagreement with the government.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n She also described the measures against Anthropic as \u201carbitrary, capricious, [and] an abuse of discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n The case follows a breakdown in talks between Anthropic and the Pentagon. In July 2025, the company had reached a deal that would have made Claude the first frontier AI model approved for use on classified networks.<\/p>\n That process later changed course. Anthropic said Pentagon officials wanted the company to permit military use of Claude \u201cfor all lawful purposes\u201d and without limits. The company refused<\/a> to allow uses tied to lethal autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.<\/p>\n Anthropic has said its technology should not support those activities. The disagreement became public after contract talks collapsed in February and the company challenged the government\u2019s response in court.<\/p>\n\n
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Dispute grew out of Pentagon contract talks<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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