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Hegseth: "Anthropic is run by an ideological lunatic."

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April 30, 2026

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Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's use of artificial intelligence tools and decision to label AI company Anthropic a national security risk. Secretary Hegseth maintained his criticism of Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei: "Anthropic is run by an ideological lunatic who shouldn't have a sole decision-making over what we do."

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HegsethSenator Jacky Rosen D-NVDefense Secretary Pete HegsethSecretary HegsethCEO Dario Amodei AnthropicC-SPAN Video LibraryC-SPAN CreatedSupport C-SPAN

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