… The response was filed in a federal court in San Francisco, one of two venues where Anthropic is challenging the Pentagon’s decision to sanction the company with a label that can bar companies from defense contracts over concerns about potential security vulnerabilities. …
… It has asked Lin not to second-guess its assessment about the threat it claims Anthropic poses to national security. “The worry is that Anthropic, instead of merely raising concerns and pushing back, will say we have a problem with what DoW is doing and will manipulate the software … so it doesn’t … …
… Bessent has emerged as a notable force in the administration on AI policy. …
… White House spokesperson Liz Huston says the executive order reflected Trump‘s “commonsense approach of collaborating with industry to balance innovation and security, cementing America’s continued global dominance in AI and cybersecurity.” Some of the larger AI companies signaled their support for… …
… The experts believe Anthropic should prevail, but the challenge will be overcoming the deference that courts often give to national security arguments from the government, especially during times of war. “If this is a one-off, you might give the president some deference,” says Harold Hongju Koh, a … …
… Himes addressed those concerns, writing to colleagues: “We fundamentally lack faith in Trump administration leaders. …
… Both tech companies and civil liberties advocates have been concerned about DHS’s use of administrative subpoenas for years. …
… Finally, we detailed Russia’s effort to create a local competitor to Starlink satellite internet service—with all the privacy and security concerns that entails. And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… UK government officials had reportedly attempted to coax Anthropic into expanding its presence in London after the company recently fell out with the US administration. …
… The country has, arguably, emerged at the head of Europe’s growing digital sovereignty push, which aims to cut some reliance on US-based technology over concerns around data security, the Trump administration’s unpredictability, and changing prices. …