Anthropic Seeks Emergency Full Appeals Court Review of Pentagon AI Supply Chain Designation

Anthropic PBC filed a petition on October 13 seeking emergency en banc review of a federal appeals court decision that upheld the Department of War's designation of the company as a national security supply chain risk, blocking the military's use of Claude AI. The petition challenges a three-judge panel's 2–1 decision from September 25 that sided with the Pentagon and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after Anthropic refused to remove safety guardrails preventing Claude from controlling autonomous weapons systems or conducting mass domestic surveillance.