WASHINGTON — Federal Judge Rita Lin issued a sweeping preliminary injunction in Anthropic’s favor Thursday, the latest move in the weeks-long conflict between the AI company and the US government.
“The record strongly suggests that the reasons given for designating Anthropic a supply chain risk were pretextual and that [the government’s] real motive was unlawful retaliation,” Lin, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, wrote in the 48-page order [PDF].
By granting the preliminary junction, she found Anthropic was “likely to succeed” in its lawsuit against the government and therefore, the 17 federal agencies named as defendants — from the Pentagon to the National Endowment for the Humanities — are not allowed to implement the orders…
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