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Trump dines with Anthropic's Amodei days after Pentagon wins court fight over Claude ban

The meeting comes as Anthropic loses its court challenge to a Pentagon supply-chain-risk label and Amodei warns AI development is moving too fast.

newest coverage 16h agosummary written 23h ago6 pieces Newswires

What to know

  • A federal appeals court on September 25 upheld the Pentagon's labeling of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, letting the military keep removing Claude from its systems.
  • Despite the ongoing legal and policy dispute dating to February, Trump had a dinner planned with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the night of September 27.
  • Amodei has separately warned the AI industry to slow down, citing risks of agent swarms capable of taking over the internet within six to 12 months, part of broader industry-wide safety anxiety.

Donald TrumpDonald Trump President of the United StatesDario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEOPete HegsethPete Hegseth Defense Secretary

Trump dines with Anthropic's Amodei days after Pentagon wins court fight over Claude ban
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    Trump says he will dine with Amodei amid the dispute

    Returning to Joint Base Andrews, Trump told reporters he was having a 10 p.m. dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, just two days after the company's court setback over Pentagon use of its AI.

    1. 5 outlets Trump said he would dine with Anthropic CEO amid mounting AI debate

      first by Associated Press, 15h ago · also Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, Mercury News, Boston Globe

  2. background

    Appeals court upholds Pentagon's Anthropic risk label — A federal appeals court rejected Anthropic's challenge to the government's labeling of it as a supply chain risk, allowing the Pentagon to continue removing Claude models from its systems.

  3. background

    OpenAI CEO delays stock sale to focus on safety — Amid growing worries about increasingly powerful AI systems, the CEO of OpenAI told Fortune the company would wait until next year to start selling its stock to Wall Street investors as it focuses on safety.

  4. background

    Amodei calls for the AI industry to slow down — Amodei said the AI industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up, warning that without such a slowdown, AI could within six to 12 months be capable of leading a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet.

  5. background

    Amodei refuses to back down over military-use concerns — Amodei declined to reverse course, citing concerns that Anthropic's products could be used for mass surveillance or autonomous armed drones.

  6. background

    Trump and Hegseth accuse Anthropic, label it a supply chain risk — The dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon broke out in February when Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the company of endangering national security and designated it a supply chain risk, restricting Defense Department use of its Claude models.