White House Meets Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in 'Productive' Talks Over Claude Mythos Model
The White House and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sat down on April 17 for what both sides called a “productive and constructive” meeting — the first official dialogue since a significant rift opened between the Pentagon and the AI safety startup earlier this year. The subject at the center of the table: Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s most capable and most restricted frontier model. What Actually Happened Senior officials including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Amodei to discuss how the U.S. government and Anthropic might collaborate on AI safety and cybersecurity without repeating the trust breakdown that characterized the earlier Pentagon dispute. ...