Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to Meet President Trump
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The dinner comes amid a clash over AI safety and a Pentagon supply-chain risk designation.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to have dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House tonight, as TechCrunch and Axios first reported. This will be the first time the two men have met one-on-one.
The meeting follows a period of public disagreement regarding AI safety. TechCrunch reports that Amodei has proposed a plan to slow AI development to prioritize caution, while President Trump has characterized the AI backlash as a Democratic hoax and expressed a desire to rebrand the technology as “super intelligence."
Beyond the ideological divide, the meeting occurs as Anthropic navigates legal and regulatory friction with the U.S. government. TechCrunch notes that the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk earlier this year. This designation was a response to the company’s efforts to implement guardrails on its technology, a move Anthropic is currently challenging in court. Despite this conflict, TechCrunch reports that other officials within the administration have been more welcoming toward the company.