Judge rejects Pentagon's attempt to 'cripple' Anthropic
A federal judge told the government it could not immediately enforce a ban on Anthropic’s tools.
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"This appears to be classic First Amendment retaliation."
— Rita Lin , Other
"a disgrace and claimed it contained dozens of factual errors."
— Emil Michael , Executive
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Dario Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic.
Former president of the United States known for his aggressive economic policies.
Emil Michael is a former Pentagon undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
Pete Hegseth is the United States Secretary of Defense.
Rita Lin is a federal judge who ruled in favor of Anthropic in a lawsuit against the Pentagon.
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