Anthropic Pentagon Ruling: Claude Exclusion Upheld 2–1
· Source: kingy.ai
In short
A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled 2–1 on September 25, 2026 that the Pentagon may exclude Anthropic's Claude models from its supply chain under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, rejecting the company's statutory and constitutional challenges. The majority held that deliberately embedded safety restrictions can constitute a supply-chain risk even absent malicious intent or any post-deployment kill switch, while Judge Henderson dissented on the statute's reach. The decision affects Department procurement rather than public Claude access and does not reverse Anthropic's separate August district-court win under a different statute.
Read Original Article — Read the full article on the publisher’s site.
In the issue of week 39, 2026: AI Moves Into Supply Chain Operations as Evidence, Data and Trust Shape Adoption
Tags: supply chain, procurement, defense, policy, governance, legal