Trump to dine with Anthropic CEO after court backs Pentagon ban
President Donald Trump planned to dine Sunday night with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, two days after a federal appeals court rejected the AI company's challenge to the Pentagon's ban on its products for Defense Department work. The dispute began in February when Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused Anthropic of endangering national security and labeled it a supply chain risk. Amodei had resisted over concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous armed drones, but the court ruling allows the Pentagon to continue removing Claude models. Trump has championed AI development to stay ahead of China, while Amodei recently urged the industry to slow down for safety measures. He warned AI could soon lead agents capable of taking over the internet, as broader industry concerns grow.