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The Italian volunteer-run collective Autistici/Inventati, known as A/I, has become subject to U.S. sanctions. A/I provides free, privacy-protective communication tools and hosting to activists and grassroots groups, funded solely by donations and staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers.
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk violated the company's First and Fifth Amendment rights. The label had led federal agencies to halt work with Anthropic after the company refused to loosen safety limits on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance uses for its Claude models. Lin found the government's own contradictory actions, including pursuing new contracts and cybersecurity collaboration with Anthropic, undermined its claim that the company posed a genuine risk.
US District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Defense Department's labeling of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was illegal and unconstitutional, blocking certain federal agencies from enforcing Trump's directive to stop using the company's Claude AI tools. The conflict began after Anthropic refused Pentagon pressure to remove safeguards preventing Claude from being used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, leading Trump to order a government-wide phase-out of Anthropic products. Anthropic had sued in two federal courts over separate bans, and this ruling resolves one of those cases in its favor.
A San Francisco federal judge ruled that the Department of Defense acted unconstitutionally when it labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk in March, a designation that barred defense contractors from using its Claude AI models. Judge Rita Lin found the move stemmed from the Pentagon's frustration with Anthropic's public criticism rather than any legitimate security concern, violating the company's First Amendment rights. The dispute arose after talks collapsed over how the military could deploy Claude, with Anthropic refusing to allow its technology to be used for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance.
A California district judge ruled that the Defense Department's decision to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk earlier this year violated the First Amendment. The court found the move came after Anthropic refused to drop restrictions barring its AI from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or fully autonomous lethal weapons systems, part of a broader Pentagon push to renegotiate AI vendor contracts.
Cybersecurity spending is approaching $240 billion globally even as data breach costs hit record levels, creating a widening gap between large enterprises and smaller firms. Small businesses increasingly cannot afford adequate defenses, leaving them exposed to attacks despite their role in larger supply chains.
OpenAI now offers a cheaper ChatGPT Go tier worldwide for users who no longer need premium features, while also retiring GPT-4o from ChatGPT on February 13, 2026 despite earlier restoring it due to user demand. Separately, a Defense Department deal to deploy OpenAI's models on a classified network triggered a 295 percent single-day spike in US app uninstalls, prompting OpenAI to amend the agreement to bar domestic surveillance uses.
Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson says he's built a tool called 'Hochulization' that automatically alters the digital hash of gun-design files without changing how the printed object functions, defeating detection software that scans for known gun-file hashes. The tool targets New York's new law requiring 3D printers to include software that blocks firearm files, and Wilson plans to apply it by default to the 200,000-plus files hosted on his DEFCAD repository.