Key facts
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will have dinner with President Donald Trump on Sunday.
- The discussion will focus on artificial intelligence.
- Trump has previously criticized Amodei's calls for regulation of frontier AI companies.
- Amodei was absent from a recent White House summit on AI.
- Amodei and Trump previously attended an AI and energy summit together in Pennsylvania.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is set to have dinner with President Donald Trump on Sunday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The meeting is expected to focus on discussions about artificial intelligence, with a White House official stating that Trump is committed to leading the world in Super Intelligence while protecting American consumers and driving innovation.
This dinner marks the first one-on-one meeting between Amodei and Trump. It occurs at a time when Amodei's calls for government regulation of frontier AI companies have not gained significant traction among Washington power brokers. Previously, Trump had publicly criticized Amodei's stance on regulation via Truth Social, stating his administration had previously stopped AI "people" from doing "bad things."