Warren accuses Trump, Hegseth of trying ‘extort’ Anthropic into removing AI guardrails

The Hill
by Ryan Mancini
February 28, 2026
Warren accuses Trump, Hegseth of trying ‘extort’ Anthropic into removing AI guardrails
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday accused President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of attempting to “extort” the company Anthropic into removing guardrails for its AI programs. Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement that the attempt would remove “common sense guardrails that…
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Originally published on The Hill on 2/28/2026