Anthropic asks appeals court to rehear dispute over security risk designation

Odaily News: Anthropic has asked a federal appeals court in Washington to reconsider a ruling issued on September 25. The ruling upheld the Trump administration's decision to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk threatening U.S. national security. Anthropic argues that the judges misinterpreted the law because they allowed the Department of Defense to "take action without any prior determination process, despite clear evidence that this designation was retaliation against Anthropic for speaking out on AI safety issues." This legal dispute between Anthropic and the U.S. government carries significant implications. At a critical moment in the development of AI technology, the court is faced with choosing whether the federal government or private enterprises should control the safety safeguards for this technology. (Jinshi)