Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon’s Supply‑Chain Risk Label on Anthropic

Court upholds risk designation

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has affirmed the Pentagon’s decision to label Anthropic as a supply‑chain risk, keeping the restriction on Claude AI models in place.

The judges said the Department of Defense presented sufficient evidence that integrating Claude into government systems poses a national‑security concern covered by existing statutes.

Anthropic maintains that its models include safeguards to prevent use in autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance, and it is evaluating further legal options, including a possible appeal to the full circuit or the Supreme Court.

The ruling means the Pentagon can continue blocking Anthropic’s technology while the company works toward a potential IPO later this year.