Danny Lewis

A federal judge has halted the Trump administration's move to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk.

In a ruling issued yesterday, Judge Rita F. Lynn of the Northern District of California found that the government trampled free speech protections when it classified the artificial intelligence company as a security threat and barred government use of its models.

She ordered the administration to desist from applying President Trump's directive that federal agencies stop using Anthropic's technology.

The ruling hands Anthropic an early victory in its legal fight with the Pentagon, which stems from a dispute over the cloud maker's self-imposed limitations on the use of its AI tools in a military setting.

An Anthropic spokeswoman said the company remains focused on working productively with the government.

A Defense Department spokesman didn't immediately comment.

One of China's most promising AI startups is considering changing its corporate structure in order to pave the way for an initial public offering in Hong Kong.

People familiar with the matter say Moonshot AI, which has its assets held by a parent company registered in the Cayman Islands, is considering changing that holding structure to list an entity either on the Chinese mainland or in Hong Kong.

The shift comes as Beijing tightens oversight over so-called red-chip companies that have their main operations based in China but are incorporated in another country, which gives them more flexibility seeking foreign investment.

Moonshot declined to comment.

And Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric, and Roam are exploring a possible merger of their power semiconductor businesses in order to cope with increasingly fierce international competition.

Roam says a merger by the three Japanese companies would create the second largest entity in the power device market, behind German chipmaker Infineon Technologies.

Roam also says the integration would achieve significant synergies in the fast-growing AI server and data center market.

The Kyoto-based chipmaker says the company's plan to set up an operating company that would integrate their respective power device businesses, but have yet to determine the detailed structure.

And that's your TNB Tech Minute.

We'll be back this afternoon with more.

Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, March 26th.

I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal.

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