Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appears to be in every single place this weekend: He was lampooned on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and tonight, he’s set to have dinner with President Donald Trump on the White House.

Axios first broke the news of Amodei’s dinner plans, which TechCrunch subsequently confirmed with a supply aware of his plans.

This would be the first one-on-one assembly between the 2 males, who not too long ago discovered themselves on reverse sides of the AI security debate. Amodei released a plan to slow AI development (or no less than proceed with extra warning), whereas Trump has insisted, with out proof, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax; he additionally wants to rebrand the technology as “super intelligence.”

Even earlier than the present back-and-forth, Amodei and Anthropic should had a fraught relationship with Trump’s administration. Earlier this yr, the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain threat in response to the corporate’s try to put guardrails round the usage of its know-how (Anthropic has been fighting the designation in court), though other administration officials have been friendlier.