A US District Judge ruled that the Department of Defense violated the First Amendment by designating Anthropic a supply chain risk without an articulable basis, following collapsed negotiations over autonomous weapons restrictions. The ruling resolves only the San Francisco case, leaving the parallel Washington D.C. litigation active, so the designation technically remains in place until the second court decides. This legal intervention establishes a precedent that government procurement exclusion must meet constitutional and evidentiary standards rather than relying on public signaling.
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