A U.S. District Judge Rita Lin temporarily halted the U.K. government's attempt to sideline Anthropic, a company that has restricted its AI model, Claude, for use in military operations. The judge called these actions "classic" retaliation and stated that they seemed designed to punish Anthropic for bringing public scrutiny to the government's contracting position. The ruling allows the Pentagon to use the technology but does not affect broader restrictions, including barring contracts. Anthropic has disputed these actions in an appeals court, with a decision still forthcoming.