Anthropic defied EU lawmakers by sending technical employee Donny Greenberg to a European Parliament hearing via videoconference instead of dispatching policy chief Sarah Heck as requested. This sparked criticism from legislators who wanted answers on AI safety and the regulation of cyber-capable models.
Anthropic sent Donny Greenberg, a technical employee who joined the company in April 2024 following the acquisition of his firm Runhouse, to the hearing via video from New York. Greenberg himself emphasised in his opening statement: “I am a technical person, not a policy person.” EU institutions had specifically requested the presence of a senior policy official to address their concerns about the risks posed by cyber-capable AI models such as Mythos and Fable.
EU lawmakers criticised Anthropic for sending a junior technician instead of a policy leader to the parliamentary hearing on AI safety.
Source: www.politico.eu · Published 14 July 2026
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