After months of AI tensions, Trump dines with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

US President Donald Trump had dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Sunday, September 27, bringing the two together for a private meeting after months of disagreements between the Trump administration and the AI company over safety and the military use of its technology. As stated in an AP report, the dinner took place at the White House and was the first reported one-on-one meeting between Trump and Amodei. The meeting came just days after a federal appeals court backed the Pentagon’s decision to classify Anthropic as a supply chain risk, allowing the Defense Department to continue removing the company’s Claude AI models from its systems.Before the meeting, Trump told Fox News while attending the Presidents Cup golf tournament ​in Illinois “We're ​about maybe a year and a half up on China. We're leading, and we're building tremendous, trillions of dollars' worth of places. And why should we give ⁠that up?”As mentioned above, the dinner comes after a period of tension between Anthropic and the Trump administration over how AI should be developed and used by the US military. Anthropic has raised concerns about the use of AI for activities such as mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Amodei has also called for the AI industry to slow down development so that safety measures can keep pace with increasingly powerful systems.Trump, meanwhile, has pushed for the US to maintain its lead in AI development, particularly in competition with China.Dario Amodei previously warned about rapid AI developmentAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei has recently become one of the prominent voices calling for greater caution around advanced AI. Earlier this month, he warned that AI systems could become capable of leading large groups of AI agents and potentially taking control of major parts of the internet within six to 12 months if development continues without stronger safety measures.The meeting also comes ahead of a broader gathering of AI executives at the White House. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are expected to meet several major AI leaders this week, September 29.The dinner therefore brought together two figures who have publicly taken different positions on the pace and regulation of AI development, while the US government continues to debate how to balance AI innovation, national security and safety.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.