Anthropic asks US appeals court for en banc review of supply chain decision
( October 14, 2026, 00:24 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Anthropic asked the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit for an en banc rehearing of a recent divided decision over the Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. The majority on the divided DC Circuit panel said "it incorrectly read 41 U.S.C. § 4713 to permit the Secretary to designate Anthropic a national-security risk based on pre-deployment model training — a feature of all AI models. And it did so without any pre-designation process and despite straightforward evidence the designation was retaliation for Anthropic’s speech about AI safety," Anthropic said in in its en banc petition.See attached document....
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