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  • Live from the NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

  • Former President Bill Clinton is set to testify before a congressional committee in New York today as part of the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  • His appearance follows closed-door testimony on Thursday from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

  • Democratic Congressman James Walkinshaw is on the committee.

  • He says today's deposition will have more to offer.

  • President Clinton is in the same category as a lot of folks who had a relationship at some point with Jeffrey Epstein.

  • The key questions for all of those folks are,

  • were you involved in any of the crimes that were committed or did you have knowledge of any of the crimes that were being committed?

  • Neither of the Clintons has been charged with wrongdoing.

  • However,

  • the former president's name appears multiple times in Justice Department files tied to the case.

  • The AI company Anthropics says it won't agree to demands from the Defense Department to loosen its safety standards to help the U.S.

  • military.

  • NPR's John Browich reports the Pentagon wants to use the company's AI models without limits.

  • The DOD wants to be able to use Anthropics AI for,

  • quote, any lawful use, but the company has drawn a line,

  • saying it does not want its AI models used for domestic mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons.

  • This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to blacklist Anthropics over those limits.

  • Now, Anthropics CEO Dario Amore says in a statement,

  • his company cannot, in good conscience, exceed to the DOD demands.