US Commerce chief says Anthropic back on 'right side' with Trump, Axios reports

By Courtney ‌Rozen

WASHINGTON, Sept ​2 (Reuters) - ​U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said AI giant Anthropic is "back ‌on the right side" with the ⁠Trump administration, Axios reported on Wednesday ‌citing an interview.

U.S. Defense ‌Secretary Pete Hegseth had blocked Anthropic from certain military contracts because the ​company refused to allow the U.S. to use its Claude ⁠AI models for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. Anthropic sued ​in California court.

On August 27, a U.S. judge sided with Anthropic ​in the company's ‌fight with the American military over AI safety on the ⁠battlefield.

Anthropic and the Commerce Department did not immediately respond to requests for ⁠comment from Reuters. Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown appeared ​on stage at a tech-focused G20 event in North Carolina on Wednesday morning. Brown ‌stressed the importance of data centers at the gathering, urging ‌the gathered officials to grant ⁠permits to build ‌them in their ​countries.

(Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Editing by Mark Porter and David ‌Gregorio)

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