President Trump hosted Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a private dinner on September 27, marking their first one-on-one meeting after months of public disagreement over AI safety and development speed. The meeting comes weeks after the Pentagon classified Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” effectively banning the company’s models from military applications. Trump, who estimates the US leads China by about a year and a half in AI, described Amodei as “highly respected” during the dinner. Amodei, who was absent from the White House state dinner honoring President Xi Jinping on September 24, had published an essay advocating for a more cautious approach to AI development. A broader meeting is scheduled for September 29 with House Speaker Mike Johnson and other industry leaders to discuss AI policy and regulation.
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