Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's blacklisting of AI firm Anthropic was illegal retaliation. The court found the government targeted the company after it refused to support lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
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This ruling highlights the legal limits of executive power regarding national security designations and the intersection of AI ethics with government policy.
Illegal retaliation Trump blacklisting of “woke” Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
0 Credit: Getty Images | picture alliance Credit: Getty Images | picture alliance Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav The Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal, a federal judge ruled in an order vacating government directives against the use of the firm’s AI technology.
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