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Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei had dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House on Sunday night, Semafor confirmed, according to The Next Web. The report describes it as their first one-to-one meeting.

Why it matters

That gives a new detail to the public clash over Amodei’s call to slow AI development and Trump’s stated preference to “go and win”. What, if anything, was agreed over dinner is not reported. White House proximity is not the same thing as policy influence, though it can make for an unusually consequential guest list.

Discuss: Should AI leaders take private meetings with political leaders when their public positions on AI sharply differ, or does that risk giving one side too much influence?

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