Justice Department Says Anthropic Can’t Be Trusted With Warfighting Systems
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In response to Anthropic’s lawsuit, the government said it lawfully penalized the company for trying to limit how its Claude AI models could be used by the military.
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Paresh Dave Business Mar 17, 2026 8:51 PM Justice Department Says Anthropic Can’t Be Trusted With Warfighting Systems In response to Anthropic’s lawsuit, the government said it lawfully penalized the company for trying to limit how its Claude AI models could be used by the military. Photograph: NurPhoto; Getty Images Save this story Save this story The Trump administration argued in a court filing on Tuesday that it did not violate Anthropic’s First Amendment rights by designating the AI developer a supply-chain risk and predicted that the company’s lawsuit against the government will fail. “The First Amendment is not a license to unilaterally impose contract terms on the government, and Anthropic cites nothing to support such a radical conclusion,” US Department of Justice attorneys wrote. The response was filed in a federal court in San Francisco, one of two venues where Anthropic is challenging the Pentagon’s decision to sanction the company with a label that can bar companies from defense contracts over concerns about potential security vulnerabilities. Anthropic argues the Trump administration overstepped its authority in applying the label and preventing the company’s technologies from being used inside the department. If the designation holds, Anthropic could lose up to billions of dollars in expected revenue this year. Anthropic wants to resume business as usual until the litigation is resolved. Rita Lin, the judge overseeing the San Francisco case, has scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday to decide whether to honor Anthropic’s request. Justice Department attorneys, writing for the Department of Defense and other agencies in the Tuesday filing, described Anthropic’s concerns about potentially losing business as “legally insufficient to constitute irreparable injury” and called on Lin to deny the company a reprieve. The attorneys also wrote that the Trump administration was motivated to act because of “concerns about Anthropic’s potential future conduct if it...
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