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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to meet Trump at White House dinner

techSep 27, 202665458

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will join President Donald Trump for a private, one-on-one dinner at the White House on Sunday, CNBC confirmed. Amodei missed Trump’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi on Thursday because of a scheduling conflict, and Trump invited him to the private dinner, according to a source. The meeting comes amid strained relations after Amodei publicly urged the AI industry to slow advanced model development and called for additional government oversight, a position that drew public ire from Trump. Trump posted on Truth Social criticizing Amodei and saying the United States needs a "strong and smart" president to set AI guardrails, while a White House official framed the administration’s stance as driving innovation and protecting consumers. The administration has taken concrete actions affecting Anthropic previously, including Commerce Department export controls on two of the company’s models in June, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick later saying Anthropic is "back on the right side." With Anthropic preparing for a widely anticipated IPO and company co-founder Tom Brown taking a more active role interfacing with the administration, the dinner offers Amodei a chance to ease tensions and reset the companies’ relationship with the White House.

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