Trump hosts Anthropic CEO for dinner after contract cancellation

President Donald Trump hosted Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a Sunday dinner at the White House, a meeting complicated by the Defense Department's cancellation of a nine-figure contract with the AI firm. Trump told Fox News he planned to discuss AI with Amodei, claiming the U.S. leads China by a year or more and has no third-place competitor. The dinner follows a recent White House summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where a deal was struck on an AI safety channel. The meeting comes after a federal judge ruled Friday that the administration lawfully canceled Anthropic's contract, which was declared a national security risk earlier this year. The New York Times noted the ruling left Amodei in an awkward position to address with Trump.