A federal court ruled that the Pentagon violated the First Amendment when it branded Anthropic a supply chain risk after the company refused to let its AI be used for mass surveillance of people in the United States. EFF, which backed Anthropic through amicus filings, welcomed the outcome but cautioned that it leaves the underlying issue untouched. The group argues that whether Americans are subject to bulk surveillance should be settled by statutory privacy protections from Congress rather than private negotiations between the military and tech firms.
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