A federal judge ruled Thursday night that the Trump administration violated Anthropic's First Amendment rights by designating the artificial intelligence company a supply-chain risk. U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California largely sided with Anthropic in its March lawsuit against the administration, finding that the government had acted hastily in applying that designation.
Lin wrote that the government failed to provide evidence that Anthropic posed an actual national security risk, and instead acted in unlawful retaliation against the company's public criticism of the Pentagon's use of AI. She wrote that the administration's own statements and conduct at the time confirmed the actions were meant to make an example of Anthropic for what officials characterized as arrogance in criticizing the government. Lin ordered the government to rescind all guidance, directives, communications, or instructions labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of taking bribes. Lenín Moreno has denied receiving money from a Chinese firm that secured a contract to build a hydroelectric plant in the country. The 73-year-old will serve his sentence under house arrest due to his age and a disability, and has signaled plans to appeal after a court in Quito found him and 19 others guilty of corruption.
Moreno, who served as president from 2017 to 2021, is the third former Ecuadorian leader to be sentenced for corruption. Prosecutors alleged that Sinohydro, a Chinese state-owned company, paid a total of $76.1 million (£56.2 million) through shell companies to individuals involved in securing the contract for the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric dam. Others sentenced to prison included Moreno's wife, daughter, and brother, as well as former plant managers, Sinohydro representatives, and a Chinese ambassador to Ecuador.