Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features

A federal appeals court has upheld the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic from military contracts. The ruling supports President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth, rejecting Anthropic's claims of AI safety retaliation. Judges determined that overly constrained AI models, specifically regarding Claude features, could lead to the failure of critical military operations. This legal victory confirms the government's authority to exclude the AI company from defense agreements due to concerns over operational reliability and model constraints.