🏛️ Anthropic just beat the Pentagon in court
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally blacklisted Anthropic as a supply chain risk after it criticized government AI policy. The injunction is permanent, and the judge denied even a seven-day stay. This is the first real legal check on Washington punishing AI labs for speaking up.
Power can retaliate against AI companies, but courts just proved it cannot do so quietly.
August 28, 2026 119 1
