Trump Sat Down With Anthropic's CEO — and Today's AI Meeting Could Decide the Rules
Over the weekend, the CEO of one of America's top AI labs had a private dinner at the White House. His name is Dario Amodei, he runs Anthropic — the company behind the Claude AI assistant — and here's the twist: he's the guy who recently asked the entire AI industry to slow down. President Trump said yes to dinner anyway. The Dinner Nobody Saw Coming The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump and Amodei had a private dinner at the White House on Sunday evening, and Trump later confirmed it to reporters, saying the CEO is "highly respected." It came weeks after Amodei's essay "We Must Pace the Frontier," in which he urged America's leading AI companies to slow the pace of development. The dinner could be Anthropic's chance to mend its relationship with the administration — and it comes as the company is expected to go public in a mega IPO this year. Why Amodei Is the Awkward Guest The White House hasn't exactly been warm toward Anth...