White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Dario Amodei had been “productive and constructive”; source: Scott Bessent joined the meeting

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined a meeting on Friday between White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles …

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Report: Anthropic CEO Heads to White House Over AI-Pentagon Clash
@benbrodydc Ben Brody on x
White House statement on meeting with Anthropic's Dario Amodei today: “We look forward to continuing this dialogue and will host similar discussions with other leading AI companies.” [image]
@benbrodydc Ben Brody on x
And here's Anthropic, hinting at more sessions [screenshot: “...The meeting reflected Anthropic's ongoing commitment to engaging with the U.S. government on the development of responsible Al. We are grateful for their time and are looking forward to continuing these discussions.…
@marcacaputo Marc Caputo on x
Scoop: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a meeting with Anthropic's Amodei to figure out how to plot a way forward as the AI company is locked in a battle w/the admini @m_ccuri @DavidLawler10 & I https://www.axios.com/...
@firstadopter Tae Kim on x
Oh look! Anthropic's entire “we are delaying Mythos” narrative was marketing hogwash. Kudos to FT for confirming what was obvious. Anthropic simply doesn't have the compute. FT: “Multiple people with knowledge of the matter suggested Anthropic was holding back from a wider [image…
@benbraun Benjamin Braun on bluesky
""We're excited for the US government to use this technology," he says, suggesting it could help “dissolve” authoritarian regimes. “ But I don't want it turned on our own people or used for undemocratic ends"" — Unreformed Silicon neocon: ‘Democratic’ is when the US government…
@davelee.me Dave Lee on bluesky
Dario Amodei has lunch with the FT www.ft.com/content/9e0e...
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Anthropic chief Dario Amodei: 'I don't want AI turned on our own people'
@deanwball Dean W. Ball on x
It was clearly *both* compute and safety. Things in the world can have multiple causes. Anthropic's safety concerns are not “marketing hogwash,” and dismissing AI risks as “marketing” is a tired motif whose wrongness should by now be obvious.
@staysaasy @staysaasy on x
Dario talks like an aw shucks nerd, so everybody falls for their consistently sneaky marketing. Sama talks like a Stanford shark so everyone assumes what he says (including his deals / AGI beliefs) is insincere. At this level of capitalism they're all sharks. Even 2-3 levels

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White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Dario Amodei had been “productive and constructive”; source: Scott Bessent joined the meeting

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