Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to Meet President Trump
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The first one-on-one meeting comes amid conflicting views on AI safety and a legal battle over a Pentagon supply-chain risk designation.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to have dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House, as reported by TechCrunch and Axios. This will be the first time the two men have met one-on-one.
The meeting follows a period of public disagreement regarding the trajectory of artificial intelligence. TechCrunch reports that Amodei has advocated for a plan to slow AI development to ensure more caution, while President Trump has characterized the AI safety backlash as a "Democratic hoax" and expressed a desire to rebrand the technology as "super intelligence."
The relationship between the AI startup and the administration has been strained. TechCrunch notes that the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk earlier this year, a move triggered by the company's efforts to implement guardrails on its technology. Anthropic is currently challenging that designation in court, though TechCrunch reports that other officials within the administration have maintained a friendlier rapport with the company.