Overview
- CEO Dario Amodei issued a statement rejecting what he called inaccurate portrayals of Anthropic’s policy positions and voiced agreement with Vice President JD Vance’s focus on beneficial AI uses.
- Amodei emphasized work with federal customers, citing government use of Claude and a reported $200 million Department of Defense agreement as evidence of constructive engagement.
- White House AI czar David Sacks accused Anthropic of fear-based regulatory capture and of pushing “woke AI” through blue-state rules, a charge the company denies.
- Anthropic supports state-level oversight, opposed a Trump administration bid to block state AI laws for a decade, and backed California’s SB 53, which exempts most startups via a revenue threshold.
- Reid Hoffman publicly defended Anthropic while Sacks said he is not targeting the firm and noted recent approval of Claude for government use, with no immediate regulatory actions resulting from the dispute.