Warren, Kim Statement on Reports Secretary Hegseth May Use DPA to Force American ...
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for allegedly threatening to use the Defense Production Act to pressure Anthropic’s CEO to remove guardrails on AI models. They emphasized that the DPA is meant for national emergencies and not to be used for extorting companies or advancing specific military or surveillance agendas. They warned that such actions could undermine bipartisan support for the DPA and weaken U.S. competitiveness.
Warren, Kim Statement on Reports Secretary Hegseth May Use DPA to Force American Company to Remove Guardrails on AI Models
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, released the following statement on reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei that the Pentagon would use the Defense Production Act (DPA) to against the company if it does not agree to Hegseth’s terms:
“Congress passed the DPA to mobilize the country’s economic and industrial resources to respond to emergencies and protect our national security, not to give Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth tools to extort American companies that refuse to help the Pentagon to surveil Americans or build killer robots. If Secretary Hegseth weaponizes the DPA against American companies, he will shatter the bipartisan consensus in support of a strong DPA – weakening our hand in competition with China and our ability to ensure American competitiveness."
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