{"slug": "lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-administration", "title": "Lutnick: Anthropic is \"back on the right side\" with Trump administration", "summary": "Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration now trusts Anthropic, marking a turnaround after months of clashes over national security and AI safeguards. Lutnick told Axios' Mike Allen, \"We trust Anthropic. They've done what we asked. They're back on the right side.\" The reconciliation follows Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown's efforts to repair ties, including conversations with Lutnick and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross.", "body_md": "CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Trump administration now trusts Anthropic following months of clashes with the AI company.\nWhy it matters: The statement marks a remarkable turnaround in a relationship strained by a bitter fight over national security and AI safeguards.\nWhat they're saying: Asked if he trusts Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Lutnick told Axios' Mike Allen: \"We trust Anthropic.\"\n\"They've done what we asked. They're back on the right side. So the answer is: Yes,\" Lutnick said in an interview on Tuesday.\nThe big picture: The declaration comes as Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown takes a more prominent role in the company's relationship with the White House, including a headlining spot at this week's G20 Innovation Ministerial.\n\"Really excited for our conversation, so I'd like to introduce you all to Tom Brown, one of the founders of Anthropic,\" Lutnick said on Wednesday to a room full of G20 ministers.\nLutnick kicked off the discussion offering Brown an opportunity to introduce himself to an international audience: \"I don't think they know you so well. Anthropic, of course, is famous, but a little story helps.\"\nWhat they're saying: Brown praised President Trump's pro-data center post on Truth Social this week.\n\"I really love Trump's post from earlier this week... where he was pointing out that the data centers are just an enormous source of prosperity,\" Brown said.\n\"They produce a ton of jobs. They produce taxes. Now the way that we design them, we actually bring on more power to the grid,\" he said.\nBrown also highlighted Anthropic's support for the administration's ratepayer pledge.\nBetween the lines: Industry knows aligning with the Trump administration goes a long way for policy priorities.\nCatch up quick: Personality differences added fuel to the fire in a clash between the Trump administration and Anthropic earlier this year that resulted in sweeping export controls on the company's most advanced models.\nBrown was instrumental in patching up the relationship, holding multiple conversations with Lutnick and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross.\nA federal judge in August, meanwhile, struck down the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, ruling that the government's actions violated Anthropic's constitutional rights.\nThe company is also fighting a separate Pentagon designation under a different statute in the D.C. Circuit.\nThe bottom line: Brown offers a reset for a company once on the outs with the White House.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-administration", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-admin-a8n4", "published_at": "2026-09-02 15:48:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-02 16:53:20.710957+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Howard Lutnick", "Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "Tom Brown", "Sean Cairncross", "Axios", "Mike Allen", "Trump administration"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-administration", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-administration.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-administration.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lutnick-anthropic-is-back-on-the-right-side-with-trump-administration.jsonld"}}