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TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Sues Trump Administration for Security Threat Designation

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Archer Aviation sues rival Joby Aviation, alleging ties to Chinese suppliers. And Nasdaq partners with Kraken for around the clock tokenized stock trading. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Monday, March 9th.

0:35.3

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.4

Anthropics sued the Trump administration today for designating the AI company a security threat and attempting to cancel its

0:45.1

federal contracts. The company argues the administration exceeded its authority with harsh retaliation

0:51.0

by naming Anthropic a supply chain risk and directing agencies to cut ties because

0:56.1

it disagreed with the Defense Department on AI use. The dispute stems from Anthropics seeking

1:01.6

explicit contract guarantees that its AI tools wouldn't be used for mass domestic surveillance

1:06.6

or autonomous weapons, which the Pentagon rejected. Defendants listed include the Defense Department,

1:12.8

Secretary Pete Hegseth, and many other administration officials and federal agencies. A White House

1:17.9

spokeswoman said, quote, President Trump will never allow a radical left woke company to jeopardize

1:23.6

our national security. The Defense Department declined to comment. In another lawsuit,

1:29.3

Archer Aviation, a company that designs electric flying taxis sued rival Joby Aviation Today,

1:35.8

alleging Joby deceived federal regulators and investors for years by hiding extensive ties to Chinese

1:41.8

suppliers. The suit claims Ji's actions undermine national security

1:46.2

and contradict its American-made branding. It alleges Jobi operated a manufacturing subsidiary in Shenzhen,

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