September 27, 2026
President Donald Trump is reportedly slated to have dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the White House, opening up a chance to warm their long, frosty relationship. Trump and Amodei have long been at loggerheads, a dispute that first arose over the AI leader’s refusal to give the Pentagon unfettered access to Anthropic’s top […]

President Donald Trump is reportedly slated to have dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the White House, opening up a chance to warm their long, frosty relationship.

Trump and Amodei have long been at loggerheads, a dispute that first arose over the AI leader’s refusal to give the Pentagon unfettered access to Anthropic’s top models. Amodei’s recent calls to slow down AI development have also clashed with Trump’s full-speed-ahead preference. The dismal state of their relationship was showcased on Thursday, when Amodei was the only major AI figure not invited to the White House dinner Trump hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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