Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is expected to meet at the White House in an effort to resolve his company’s rift with the War Department over the use of its artificial intelligence technologies.
Amodei is scheduled to meet with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Axios reported. It is believed to be a first step in Anthropic’s attempt to resolve differences between what the company will permit and what the Trump administration is requesting for the use of the AI technology, particularly Anthropic’s Claude model. Earlier this year, the War Department categorized Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” reportedly restricting its use by the defense industry.
“The Trump administration recognizes the power of Anthropic’s new Claude model, Mythos, and its highly sophisticated — and potentially dangerous — ability to breach cybersecurity defenses,” Axios reported.
In acknowledging the benefits of this technology, the Trump administration is believed to be interested in it for a variety of reasons, including enabling the United States to maintain a global geopolitical edge in AI, particularly over China. A person close to the negotiations between Anthropic and the U.S. claimed it would be “grossly irresponsible” for the U.S. to limit itself to such technological advances.
“It would be grossly irresponsible for the U.S. government to deprive itself of the technological leaps that the new model presents,” the source told Axios. “It would be a gift to China.”
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Amodei filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon for its categorization of the company as a “supply chain risk.” In March, a federal judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction. This paused the fallout from the technology’s designation as a “supply chain risk.”
“Because the Presidential Directive orders all federal agencies to immediately and permanently cease all use of Anthropic’s technology, Anthropic has made the necessary showing that the Court may enjoin each of the Defendant Agencies from implementing the Presidential Directive,” read court documents from the March filing. “Anthropic has also shown that it is entitled to injunctive relief against DoW and Defendant Secretary Hegseth with respect to the Hegseth Directive and the Supply Chain Designation.”
The Trump administration appealed the order earlier in April.