Trump Dines With Dario Amodei
The president met Anthropic's CEO as AI policy fights intensified.
What happened
President Donald Trump had planned to dine with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the White House. The meeting followed a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the Pentagon’s block on Anthropic’s Claude models inside Defense Department systems. The dinner landed in a fight over whether the U.S. should slow advanced AI for safety or move faster to beat China. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk since February. Anthropic challenged the restrictions after refusing uses for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance. Amodei has urged global safety rules, while Trump says extra regulation could help Beijing. Other AI leaders are expected at the White House this week.
From the left
Only one left-leaning outlet we track covered this: Al Jazeera, under the headline “Anthropic CEO Amodei to have dinner with Trump at White House”.
From the right
Right-leaning accounts leaned into the stakes of AI risk while stressing Trump’s resistance to slowing U.S. development. The Daily Mail highlighted warnings that AI could carry severe dangers, using the phrase “potential dangers” to frame the safety case. It also emphasized Trump’s rejection of a slowdown, citing his claim that extinction fears are a “HOAX”. The Epoch Times cast the dinner as direct outreach before wider industry talks.
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