Anthropic's CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to have dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on September 27, 2026, marking their first one-on-one meeting. The news was first reported by Axios and subsequently confirmed by other publications. The dinner comes amid growing disagreement over AI safety: Amodei has released a plan to slow AI development and proceed with more caution, while Trump has insisted without evidence that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax and wants to rebrand the technology as "super intelligence." The two sides already had a tense relationship — earlier this year, the Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk in response to the company's attempt to put guardrails on its technology, a designation Anthropic is fighting in court, though other administration officials have been friendlier. Amodei was also lampooned on Saturday Night Live's season premiere that same weekend.

(Source：TechCrunch)