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title: "US court upholds Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic AI firm"
description: "Most outlets led with the US appeals court's decision to uphold the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation against Anthropic. The News International added context about the ruling being a \"major setback\" and the 2-1 decision, while 24 News HD briefly mentioned Anthropic's refusal to remove safeguards on its AI model. The framing remained largely consistent, with the focus on the legal outcome and the Pentagon's position."
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# US court upholds Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic AI firm

technology · updated 26 Sep 2026, 4:28 PM PKT · 25–26 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets over 2 developments

**HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the US appeals court's decision to uphold the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. The News International led with the context of the ruling as a "major setback" and mentioned the 2-1 decision and the Trump administration's involvement, while The Express Tribune focused more narrowly on the court's upholding of the blacklisting without additional framing.

## How it developed

Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it.

### 26 Sep 2026 — US court sides with Pentagon in Anthropic AI ban (1 outlet)

- **ARY News (English)** — [US court sides with Pentagon in Anthropic AI ban](https://arynews.tv/us-court-sides-pentagon-anthropic-ai-ban) · 26 Sep 2026, 4:28 PM PKT
  > A US appeals court upheld on Friday the Pentagon's decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, a decision taken when AI startup refused to remove certain safeguards.

### 25 Sep 2026 — US court upholds Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic AI firm (3 outlets)

> Most outlets led with the US appeals court's decision to uphold the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation against Anthropic. The News International added context about the ruling being a "major setback" and the 2-1 decision, while 24 News HD briefly mentioned Anthropic's refusal to remove safeguards on its AI model. The framing remained largely consistent, with the focus on the legal outcome and the Pentagon's position.

- **24 News HD** — [US court sides with Pentagon in Anthropic AI ban](https://www.24newshd.tv/26-Sep-2026/us-court-sides-pentagon-anthropic-ai-ban) · 26 Sep 2026, 10:16 AM PKT
  > A US appeals court upheld on Friday the Pentagon's decision to exclude Anthropic from its supply chain, a decision taken when the AI startup refused to remove certain safeguards on its Claude model.
- **The News International** — [Anthropic loses appeal over Pentagon supply chain risk designation](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1417644-anthropic-loses-appeal-over-pentagon-supply-chain-risk-designation) · 25 Sep 2026, 10:19 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > On Friday, a federal court panel in Washington D.C. validated the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, delivering a major setback to the AI firm in its months-long struggle with the Trump administration. The 2-1 decision...
- **The Express Tribune** — [US appeals court upholds Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2631407/us-appeals-court-upholds-pentagons-blacklisting-of-anthropic) · 25 Sep 2026, 6:06 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing
  > US appeals court ruling came in Anthropic's challenge to its Pentagon supply-chain risk designation

## Part of a bigger story

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- [US judge blocks Pentagon’s blacklisting of AI firm Anthropic](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5073-us-court-rules-pentagon-ban-on-ai-giant-anthropic-unlawful) · 29 Aug 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 92% related
- [Anthropic regains Trump administration favor after recent tensions](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6600-anthropic-wins-back-trump-s-favor-after-heated-ai-military) · 3 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related

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