Trump, Anthropic CEO set for private White House dinner

Dinner at the White House

President Donald Trump and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are set to meet Sunday evening for a private dinner at the White House. Two people familiar with the dinner confirmed the plan to The Hill. The meal is to take place in the president’s residence, making it a private meeting rather than a public White House event.

The dinner brings Trump together with the head of Anthropic after Amodei raised concerns about risks tied to artificial intelligence. Trump, meanwhile, has dismissed concerns about the technology in recent weeks. Their meeting therefore puts those differing public messages in the same room, although no agenda or expected outcome has been announced.

What the meeting means

The development is a direct conversation between the president and a major artificial intelligence company’s chief executive. It is not tied to an election or candidate race. The central policy issue is how the federal government and AI companies address potential risks from the technology, but the dinner itself does not establish a new federal policy or an agreement between Trump and Amodei.

The timing is identified only as Sunday evening. No start time, guest list or specific discussion topics have been made public. Any result would depend on whether the White House, Trump, Amodei or Anthropic describes the conversation afterward or announces a related step. Until then, the confirmed development is the planned private dinner and the contrast between Amodei’s concerns and Trump’s recent dismissal of AI-related concerns.