Anthropic staff to meet White House officials next week: Report

Senior Anthropic technical staff are in Washington to meet with White House officials to try resolving a dispute that has taken the company's most ‌advanced AI ⁠models offline, ⁠Axios reported on Sunday, citing a source close to the company.

Reuters could not immediately verify the ​report. Anthropic and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Anthropic's technical staff have held virtual ⁠meetings with White ‌House officials since the Trump administration's initial outreach on Friday, the ⁠report said.


The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to block any foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the U.S., from using its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, the company said. In response, Anthropic said it would disable ‌access to the models globally.

The San Francisco-based AI startup, which has confidentially filed for a US initial ⁠public offering, had previously warned about the hacking capabilities of its Mythos model and held it back from wide release.

Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a public version, called Fable, that included what it described as cybersecurity safeguards.