AI companies contracting with the US military should retain the right to prohibit their models from being used for domestic mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons

Platform regulation, artificial intelligence, surveillance, data privacy and the antitrust scrutiny of large firms, as they are argued in American politics. A domain where federal law lags well behind deployment, leaving states and the courts to set the boundaries instead.

Defence of a state against external and internal threats, spanning intelligence services, military operations, counterterrorism and the classification of information. Covers the tension between secrecy and oversight, and the agencies whose work is largely conducted beyond public view.

Individual freedoms that constrain what the state may do, including speech, assembly, religion, privacy and protection from arbitrary search or detention. Distinct from civil rights, which concern equal treatment, these limit government power rather than extend entitlement, and are usually enforced through the courts.

Ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of information for planning, decision-making, and action.

A San Francisco judge struck down the supply-chain risk label in late August, finding the Department violated the First Amendment to make a public example of a critic. The designation had barred defense contractors from using Claude, after the company refused to drop guardrails.