President Trump Unaware of White House Meeting with Anthropic CEO Amid AI Model Discussions

"...In Truth Social-ese, one might say Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview model is “the ‘hottest’ AI model out there”—with Trump’s patented awkward scare quotes around “hottest.”..."

"...Trump’s reply: “Who?”..."

"...The president then gave one of his famous wing-flap shrugs and said “I have no idea.”..."

"...Back in February, the U.S. Department of Defense/War came into conflict with Anthropic over authorized uses of Anthropic’s models...."

"...A Pentagon official at one point claimed that Amodei “is a liar and has a God-complex.”..."

"...Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense/War, branded Anthropic with a “supply chain risk” designation that supposedly means companies that do business with the Pentagon cannot do business with Anthropic—which could sabotage Anthropic’s entire business model, and has never been applied to an American company before...."

"...But our president loves winners, and if there’s such a thing as an AI power ranking, Amodei is on top of it right now thanks in no small part to Anthropic’s ability to convince everyone it has the world’s scariest technology chained up in its figurative garage...."

"...Trump’s pal Jensen Huang of Nvidia could arguably be gunning for silver at the moment, although a recent clip of himself insisting he’s not a loser didn’t actually help him not sound like a loser:..."

"...And OpenAI’s Sam Altman is competing with rumors that he’s about to be fired...."

"...So Trump is in a tough position...."

"...His Administration’s official position is essentially that Anthropic must be shunned by almost all of U.S. industry, but his vaguely expressed beliefs about the future of U.S. industry appear to revolve around AI and other automation...."

"...Meanwhile, around the world seemingly everyone is wetting their pants about the unspeakable evil Anthropic is capable of unleashing, which must be a tempting prospect when you’re someone who likes to brag about being able to cause an entire civilization to die...."

"...With all this happening, Trump is trying to wind down his war in Iran—which even friendly publications say hasn’t gone well—and with that hanging over him, he’s also supposed to wind down hostilities with a bunch of dweebs in San Francisco?..."

"...I can see why he might have “no idea” what to say...."