- Judge Lin ruled the Trump administration lacked evidence to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk and ban its use by the federal government.
- The dispute arose from stalled contract negotiations, with Anthropic refusing to allow its AI for mass surveillance of Americans or lethal targeting decisions.
- The DOD claimed Anthropic could disable or alter AI models during operations, but the judge said there was no proof of a 'kill switch'.
- Anthropic filed two lawsuits in March challenging the ban and risk designation; the judge is now considering making her temporary block permanent.