“In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government,” said a panel of judges from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has rejected AI company Anthropic’s bid to pause the US Defense Department’s designation of the firm as a national security supply chain risk.
The three-judge panel denied the emergency motion for a stay on Wednesday, ruling that the government’s interest in controlling how it secures AI technology during active military conflict outweighed any financial or reputational harm Anthropic may suffer from the label.
The decision means that part of the Defense Department’s official designation of Anthropic’s products as a “supply-chain risk to national security” remains in place.
