{"slug": "judges-uphold-anthropic-s-pentagon-blacklist", "title": "Judges Uphold Anthropic's Pentagon Blacklist", "summary": "A court has upheld the Pentagon's decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, a designation imposed in March that severely limits the AI company's ability to provide services and software directly to the US government and military. Anthropic sued the Defense Department shortly after the label was applied, arguing the blacklisting violates free speech, and the judges' ruling leaves that designation in place.", "body_md": "In March, AI giant Anthropic was slapped with the label of [supply chain risk](https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116389/pentagon-gives-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-label-ceo-confirms-court-challenge), severely limiting its ability to provide services and software to the US government and military directly. It began fighting the decision shortly after, [suing](https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116445/anthropic-sues-pentagon-argues-blacklisting-violates-free-speech) the Defense …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judges-uphold-anthropic-s-pentagon-blacklist", "canonical_source": "https://au.pcmag.com/ai/120100/judges-uphold-anthropics-pentagon-blacklist", "published_at": "2026-09-26 14:39:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-26 14:59:06.400122+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Pentagon", "US Department of Defense"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judges-uphold-anthropic-s-pentagon-blacklist", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judges-uphold-anthropic-s-pentagon-blacklist.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judges-uphold-anthropic-s-pentagon-blacklist.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judges-uphold-anthropic-s-pentagon-blacklist.jsonld"}}