AI news · September 26, 2026
Appeals court upholds US blacklisting of Anthropic

An appeals court accepted the Defense Department's authority to label Anthropic a supply-chain risk after the company kept limits on some military uses of Claude. The decision matters for AI suppliers working with government agencies, but it conflicts with a lower-court ruling, so the legal position is not fully settled.
Reported by Ars Technica. Made With Models writes the brief; the reporting is theirs.