Federal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon

Face-off is over company’s refusal to let defense department use its Claude AI model in autonomous weapons systems A federal judge in California sided with Anthropic in its case against the Department of Defense on Thursday, ordering a temporary pause on the government’s punitive measures against the artificial intelligence firm. Judge Rita Lin granted Anthropic’s request for a temporary injunction while the northern district court of California hears the company’s case.