Anthropic wins ruling against Trump administration over Defense Department saga

A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in its twisted legal battle with the Trump administration, granting the company an injunction against a recent federal law that it said was a “risk of artificial intelligence,” according to the Wall Street Journal. reports.

On Thursday, Judge Rita F. Lin of Northern California ordered the Trump administration to stop. in the near future of Anthropic as a security threat, and abandoning its plan in which government agencies cut ties with the company.

“Looks like an attempt to stop Anthropic,” Lin he said within court proceedings. Lin ultimately argued that the federal law violated the company’s copyright protections.

The drama between the Pentagon and Anthropic began last month over a dispute over the government’s use of the company’s AI software. Anthropic had done so he wanted to set some limits about how the government can use its own forms of AI, such as banning the use of autonomous devices or mass surveillance. The government disagreed with those limits, in the end calling the company a supply chain risk-names reserved for foreign players. President Trump right now he ordered federal agencies to terminate the contract with the company.

Soon, Anthropic sued the agencyalong with Hegseth.

The White House has spent recent weeks attacking the company, known it is a “leftist, woke corporation” that is threatening America’s “national security.” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, meanwhile to be invited The actions of the Department of Defense are “retaliatory and punitive.”

Following Judge Lin’s decision, Anthropic sent TechCrunch the following statement: “We are grateful to the court for moving so quickly, and we are pleased that they have agreed that Anthropic should do better in the right way.

TechCrunch has reached out to the White House separately for comment.