Samir Jain on Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Samir Jain

Vice President of Policy at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)

Combining that data with the power of AI would expand the Pentagon’s surveillance powers exponentially, and companies like Anthropic are well within their rights to push back on that outcome.

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Samir Jain, quoted in “ACLU and CDT Urge Court to Stop Government from Punishing Anthropic for Important Advocacy on AI Guardrails,” ACLU, March 16, 2026.

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