Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s Claude ban

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the U.S. Defense Department’s ban on Claude. The decision comes a month after another federal court ruled that the ban is illegal. The diverging decisions stem from the fact that the matter is governed by two different pieces of legislation. Today’s decision focused on one of the laws, while last month’s ruling pertained to the other. Last July, Anthropic PBC won a $200 million contract to provide the Pentagon with access to Claude models. Shortly thereafter, the company and the Defense Department started discussing the possibility of expanding their partnership.

Also reported by Gizmodo.

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