According to CoinMeta, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration illegally retaliated against an artificial intelligence company, Anthropic, stating that its practice of labeling the company as a "supply chain risk" violated the First Amendment rights guaranteed by the Anthropic. Judge Rita Lin Rita Lin deemed the government's actions unconstitutional, stating that "vague national security claims are not blank checks to punish and retaliate against government critics." The ruling was made against the backdrop of Anthropic's refusal to allow the company's technology to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or autonomous lethal weapons, and involves a dispute over a Pentagon contract worth $200 million.