Robyn N. Burrows, Michael J. Montalbano, and Justin A. Chiarodo ● On September 25, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its much-anticipated decision in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War, No. 26-1049, upholding the Department of War’s (“DOW”) exclusion of Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (“AI”) models from its supply chain
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Robyn N. Burrows and Merle M. DeLancey, Jr. ● On February 27, 2026, President Trump posted on Truth Social directing all federal agencies to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology. Simultaneously, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X he was designating the company a “supply chain risk to national security” and prohibiting federal contractors from…
OMB Embraces Government Use of Artificial Intelligence
Robyn N. Burrows and Sara N. Gerber ● Last month, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to adopt artificial intelligence (“AI”) and advance its use to inform and carry out agency actions. OMB’s new policy addresses three main areas it views as necessary for responsibly deploying AI in agency…