Anthropic Statement on American AI Leadership

Anthropic Affirms Commitment to U.S. AI Leadership

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued a formal statement asserting the company's commitment to maintaining American leadership in artificial intelligence. The company aims to ensure that powerful AI technology benefits the American people while maximizing beneficial applications—such as breakthroughs in medicine—and minimizing harmful risks.

Alignment with U.S. Government and the Trump Administration

Anthropic maintains active collaborations with the federal government and expresses support for current administration policies to secure the U.S. lead in AI development.

Federal Partnerships: In July, the Department of War awarded Anthropic a two-year, $200 million agreement to prototype frontier AI capabilities for national security. Additionally, the company has partnered with the General Services Administration to provide Claude for Enterprise and Claude for Government to the federal government for $1. Claude is also deployed on classified networks via partners such as Palantir and at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Policy Support: Anthropic publicly praised President Trump’s AI Action Plan and supports efforts to expand U.S. energy provision to sustain the AI race. CEO Dario Amodei personally attended an AI and energy summit in Pennsylvania with the President.
Healthcare and Education: The company joined a pledge to accelerate AI applications in healthcare and participated in the White House AI Education Taskforce to advance AI fluency for teachers.
Bipartisan Approach: Anthropic employs policy experts from both major political parties and has established an advisory council that includes senior former Trump administration officials.

National AI Standards and Regulatory Positions

Anthropic advocates for a uniform federal approach to AI regulation over a patchwork of state laws, though it supports specific targeted state measures in the absence of federal action.

Federal vs. State Regulation: While preferring a federal standard, Anthropic supported California's SB 53. This bill requires the largest AI developers to make frontier model safety protocols public but includes an exemption for companies with annual gross revenue below $500 million to protect the startup ecosystem.
Startup Ecosystem: Anthropic denies claims that it seeks to harm startups, noting that it works with tens of thousands of startups and partners with hundreds of accelerators and VCs.
Global Competition: Amodei argues that the primary risk to U.S. leadership is the diversion of U.S. chips to the People's Republic of China (PRC). Anthropic is the only frontier AI company to restrict the sale of AI services to PRC-controlled companies to prevent the fueling of the Chinese Communist Party's military and intelligence services.

Addressing Model Bias and Political Neutrality

Anthropic disputes claims that its models are uniquely politically biased, citing third-party data to support its goal of political neutrality.

External Validation: A January study from the Manhattan Institute found that Claude Sonnet 3.5 was less politically biased than models from most other major providers. A May study from Stanford indicated that many other providers' models were rated as more biased by users.
Technical Progress: The system cards for Sonnet 4.5 and Haiku 4.5 indicate progress toward political neutrality. Amodei notes that no AI model is fully balanced in every reply because models learn from training data in ways that are not yet fully understood.

Corporate Mission and Public Benefit

As a public benefit corporation, Anthropic's mission is to ensure AI benefits everyone. The company reports rapid growth, with revenue increasing from a $1 billion to $7 billion run rate over the last nine months, while maintaining a policy of refusing to build certain products or take specific risks regardless of potential profitability.