00:02A federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked two Trump administration actions against
00:08Anthropic, the Pentagon's move to label the AI company a supply chain risk, and President Donald
00:15Trump's directive telling federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology, including the chat
00:21bot Claude. U.S. District Judge Rita Lynn issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday, pausing those
00:27measures while the case proceeds. In her order, Lynn wrote that the government's actions appeared
00:33arbitrary and capricious, and said the authority had typically been used against foreign adversaries,
00:39not American companies. The case centers on how the military could use Anthropic's AI tools.
00:45NPR and AP reported that Anthropic said it would not allow Claude to be used for autonomous weapons
00:52or to surveil American citizens, while the Pentagon argued the military should decide how to use
00:58tools it buys from contractors. Lynn wrote that if the concern were the chain of command,
01:03the Pentagon could simply stop using Claude. Instead, she wrote, the measures appeared intended
01:09to punish Anthropic.
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