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## Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon's Claude ban

DevFeed: [Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon's Claude ban](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/federal-appeals-court-upholds-pentagon-s-claude-ban-60239.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/25/federal-appeals-court-upholds-pentagons-claude-ban/>)

Author: Maria Deutscher

Published: 2026-09-25T22:22:15Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [SiliconANGLE](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/siliconangle.md>)

Topics: [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>), [national security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/national-security.md>), [Risk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/risk.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

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### AI overview

A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Defense Department's ban on Anthropic's Claude models, finding sufficient support for designating the technology a national security risk. The ruling conflicts with an earlier decision involving a different law.

### Source excerpt

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the U.S. Defense Department's ban on Claude. The decision comes a month after another federal court ruled that the ban is illegal. The diverging decisions stem from the fact that the matter is governed by two different pieces of legislation. Today's decision focused on one of the [...] The post Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon's Claude ban appeared first on SiliconANGLE.