Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

A US District Court initially ruled the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic illegal, citing a violation of 10 U.S.C. § 3252, which limits supply chain risks to malicious actions by adversaries. However, an appeals court, with exclusive jurisdiction under 41 U.S.C. § 4713, reviewed the blacklisting. Section 4713 defines "supply chain risk" more broadly, encompassing risks like sabotage, data extraction, or manipulation of technology products by "any person," allowing the Pentagon to blacklist Anthropic.