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Trump administration defends blacklisting Anthropic in court after guardrails dispute
Technology
Published on 24 April 2026
Guardrails refusal turned an AI maker into a security risk
The Trump administration has defended a court challenge over its move to blacklist Anthropic, maker of the Claude AI assistant. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly labeled the company a national security supply-chain risk after Anthropic declined to remove guardrails tied to preventing use in autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance.
- Anthropic was designated a national security supply-chain risk
- The trigger was refusal to remove AI guardrails
- The dispute centers on autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance
- A US court now faces the administration’s justification
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