U.S. Federal Judge Halts Trump Administration's Ban on Anthropic, U.S. Department of Justice Appeals

Odaily The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocked its ban on government use of Anthropic's technology. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice in court on Thursday, stating it will appeal last month's ruling by U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The judge previously halted the government's plan to sever ties with Anthropic to maintain the status quo while the legal dispute continues, but she stayed the ruling for a week to give the government a chance to appeal. Anthropic filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense's decision that its technology poses a threat to the U.S. supply chain. In the March 26 ruling, the judge agreed with Anthropic, finding the government's justification for the ban on national security grounds questionable. The judge viewed the move more as "punishing" Anthropic because the company demanded assurances that its technology would not be used to surveil Americans or deployed in autonomous weapons. (Jin10)