Senate Democrats are trying to ‘codify’ Anthropic’s red lines on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance | The Verge

PolicyAIReportSenate Democrats are trying to ‘codify’ Anthropic’s red lines on autonomous weapons and mass surveillanceAdam Schiff doesn’t want to rely on the Pentagon or AI CEOs’ word when it comes to autonomous weapons.Adam Schiff doesn’t want to rely on the Pentagon or AI CEOs’ word when it comes to autonomous weapons.by Lauren FeinerMar 25, 2026, 3:05 PM UTCLinkShareGiftImage: The Verge, Getty ImagesPart OfAI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red linessee all updates Lauren Feiner is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform.Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon is expanding to Congress. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is working on a new bill to “codify” Anthropic’s red lines and ensure humans make the ultimate decisions in questions of life and death, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) recently introduced a bill to limit the Defense Department’s ability to use AI for mass surveillance of Americans.The Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic earlier this month after it set limits on how the military could use its AI models, designating it a supply-chain risk. Anthropic has filed suit, accusing the government of violating its constitutional rights. It’s insisted that the Pentagon avoid using its products for fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance — resisting a deal signed b...