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DOJ Stuns Judge With Inability to Answer “Easy Question” in AI Lawsuit

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The Trump administration is not making its case against Anthropic. A federal judge flamed the government during a hearing Thursday, noting that Justice Department attorneys had failed to provide evidence “justifying” the Defense Department’s decision to class the AI company as a national security risk, or Donald Trump’s subsequent order barring federal agencies from utilizing the company’s services. California-based U.S. District Judge Rita Lin literally spelled out the questions she would ask the government’s attorneys via a legal notice earlier this week, but the DOJ still failed to impress. Lin remarked at the outset of the hearing that, “if anything, it seems like the record in some ways has gotten worse for the government,” according to the Law & Crime network. In May, Lin blasted the government for the “ Orwellian ” way that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted to sever ties with the AI contractor after Anthropic refused to grant the Pentagon unrestricted use of its

First report: Judge Voices Doubt US Has Justified Its Ban on Anthropic AI — bloomberg.com, 12d