A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. upheld the Pentagon's March 2026 designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, rejecting the AI company's legal challenge to the ban. The 2-1 decision prevents the U.S. military and defense contractors from using Anthropic's Claude models, though Anthropic stated it is considering further legal options.
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. upheld the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, rejecting the AI company's challenge to the Defense Department's ban on its Claude models. The 2-1 decision sided with the DOD's national-security concerns, though a San Francisco court previously ruled one of the parallel designations unlawful. Anthropic is considering further legal appeals, including petitions for rehearing and potential Supreme Court review.
The Defense Department has granted SpaceX exclusive access to classified space tracking data from US Space Command's High Accuracy Catalog in exchange for data from SpaceX's Starkaze star-tracking cameras. The unprecedented arrangement has raised concerns in the space industry about potential market advantages and unclear restrictions on how SpaceX may use the sensitive information.
A US Special Operations Command analyst used an AI chatbot to analyze intelligence about a Chinese ship, which hallucinated false information suggesting the vessel carried nuclear weapons components. The US military nearly intercepted and boarded the ship based on this erroneous AI-generated report before discovering the error, with officials warning the incident almost sparked military conflict.