WSJ Tech News Briefing · Friday, August 28, 2026
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's blacklisting of AI company Anthropic violated its First Amendment rights. The judge found no evidence that Anthropic posed a national security risk and stated the administration acted in unlawful retaliation for the company's public criticism of the Pentagon's AI use. The government has been directed to remove all directives related to blacklisting Anthropic.
“A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic violated the AI company's first amendment rights.”
“She said the Trump administration acted in unlawful retaliation to the cloud makers public pushback against the Pentagon's use of AI.”
“The judge directed the government to rescind all guidance, directives, communications, or instructions to blacklist and label Anthropic a supply chain risk.”