Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label
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A judge questioning the evidence behind labeling an AI lab a 'supply chain risk' shows how fluid the regulatory perimeter still is. Enterprises using frontier models should not assume stability — build vendor redundancy and keep a live map of how policy shifts could hit your AI stack.
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