Appeals court lets Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic stand

SITUATION DETECTED: A federal appeals court has declined to block the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, leaving the company designated a national security supply-chain risk and barred from government contracts, per Reuters.

This means Anthropic would remain a national security risk and be blacklisted from military contracts. I'm not sure how you would even untangle Mythos from US intelligence agencies at this point. Anthropic 'remains confident ​in its ​position and ⁠is considering its options.'

This was the expected outcome, given the terrible luck Anthropic had with the panel draw. Anthropic seems to be doing fine despite the SCR designation (although they've certainly lost some business from government and defense contractor clients) so it remains to be seen whether they'll appeal. I would expect Anthropic to win before an en banc DC Circuit and likely even before SCOTUS, but they're not guaranteed any appeal at all.

A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon’s supply-chain exclusion of Anthropic in a 2–1 ruling. One restriction on Claude’s maker now stands while a separate California ruling against a broader measure remains intact.