The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle Fmr. President Bill Clinton questioned before the House Oversight Committee about Epstein
Feb 28, 2026
Anthony Fisher, MSNOW senior editor, offers media and political context. Basil Smikle, Democratic strategist and Columbia professor, brings political strategy. Philip Bump, columnist, analyzes polling and AI policy. Christy Greenberg, former federal prosecutor, provides legal perspective. They debate Clinton testimony, Trump's ties to Epstein, Texas primary fights, Anthropic vs OpenAI, and FCC calls for “patriotic programming.”
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Anthropic Formed Over Safety Disagreements With OpenAI
- Anthropic split from OpenAI over safety and built Claude as a more safety-focused AI product.
- Philip Bump explains Anthropic's origin story: dissenters formed a company prioritizing guardrails for code and data tasks.
Federal Ban On Anthropic Seen As Political Retaliation
- The Trump administration barred federal use of Anthropic after the company refused unrestricted military deployment.
- Catherine Rampell frames the move as retaliation that threatens private-market norms and could chill AI investment.
Safety Guardrails Also Shield Companies Legally
- Christy argues Anthropic's safety policies also protect the company legally by ensuring human oversight.
- She says forcing companies to operate contrary to their safety design likely wouldn't survive court challenge.