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Trump schedules private dinner with Anthropic's Dario Amodei

By The Likely · Updated Sep 28, 5:24 PM ET · Drawn from 9 sources · Written by AI, checked against sources

Donald Trump confirmed plans for a private White House dinner with Dario Amodei on Sept. 27, marking their first one-on-one meeting after Amodei missed a prior state dinner.

Why it mattersTrump aims to maintain the U.S. AI lead over China, while Amodei urges developers to slow capability gains and an appeals court upheld Anthropic's Pentagon supply-chain risk status.

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How we got here

  1. ABC News reported that Trump, Mike Johnson and tech CEOs were expected to meet about AI on Sept. 29; it said the attending CEOs were not yet known. ABC News
  2. Amodei missed a White House state dinner due to a scheduling conflict, and Trump invited him to a separate dinner. CNBC
  3. An appeals court allowed the Pentagon to continue treating Anthropic as a supply-chain risk for Defense Department procurement. Foxbusiness
  4. Trump confirmed plans for a private White House dinner with Amodei for their first one-on-one meeting. Axios, Marketscreener

What's likely next

  1. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson were expected to meet executives from top AI companies at the White House to discuss AI; ABC News reported that the attendees had not yet been identified.

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