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- The court closed the testing argument, stating testing is no panacea, refusals vary with wording, and the Department cannot utilize AI systems that remain trapped in amber.
- The panel responded that the possibility of a kinetic operation to capture a foreign head of state underscores the fraught nature of the dispute and the Department's need to know its systems will work.
- The court cited reported investment offers above $900 billion and questioned whether Anthropic has suffered any such harm.
- The panel used Anthropic's declarations as evidence that Anthropic would manipulate Claude.
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Origin: first recognised while reading Anthropic v. Department of War (D.C. Cir., Sept. 25): the declarations Anthropic filed to prove it could not sabotage Claude are the evidence the panel used to hold it would "manipulate" it. Notes on losing a case by over-defending. · 2026-09-27 19:45