In Loss for Anthropic, U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon’s Security-Risk Label
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In Loss for Anthropic, U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon’s Security-Risk Label

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 20261 min
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Here's your midday brief for Friday, September 25th. I'm Alex Ocela for The Wall Street Journal. A federal appeals court has upheld the Defense Department's decision to designate anthropic a security risk.

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The court said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the latitude to take the action against anthropic. The court said the company's refusal to have its AI tools used in mass surveillance or autonomous weapons could undermine military operations.

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The ruling today marks a win for the Trump administration in its complicated feud with one of the nation's top artificial intelligence developers. The US dollar is looking strong again. Through yesterday, the WSJ Dollar Index posted its longest winning streak since May.

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