Anthropic CEO Amodei to have dinner with Trump at White House

What the report says

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei is scheduled to have a private dinner with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday evening, according to Al Jazeera’s report and prior media accounts. The meeting would be the first one-on-one encounter between the two, coming after months of public disagreement over artificial intelligence policy and the pace of AI development.

Trump confirmed the dinner and used the occasion to repeat his argument against slowing AI progress. He said the United States needs to stay ahead of China in the technology race and suggested that additional regulation could help China close the gap. Al Jazeera reported that Trump also responded sharply to Amodei’s earlier warnings about the risks of moving too quickly on AI.

The dinner comes at a sensitive moment for Anthropic. Two days earlier, a federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon’s decision to treat the company as a supply-chain risk, which bars the US military from using its models. The company was previously penalized after declining to allow its tools to be used for fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, according to the report.

The broader backdrop is a widening debate in Washington over AI safety, national security and industrial competition. Al Jazeera noted that major US AI firms, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta, are under pressure to keep advancing quickly amid concerns that China could gain an advantage if development slows.