White House and Anthropic hold ‘productive’ meeting amid fears over Mythos model11 hours agoKali Hays,Technology reporterandLily Jamali,North America Technology correspondentReutersThe White House has said it had a “productive and constructive” meeting with the head of artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, which is suing the US Department of Defense.The meeting comes a week after the firm released its Claude Mythos preview, an AI tool that the company claims can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks. An “We discussed opportunities for collaboration, as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling this technology,” the White House said.The statement added that the meeting had “explored the balance between advancing innovation and ensuring safety”.In March, Anthropic took legal action against the defence department and other federal agencies, after the firm was labelled a “supply chain risk”.It was the first time a US company had been publicly given the label, which means a technology is not secure enough for government use.Anthropic has been used in high-level government and military work since 2024.It argued in court that the label was simple retaliation by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, because Amodei had refused to grant the Pentagon unfettered use of its AI tools over fears of Anthropic being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.While a federal court in California has largely agreed, a federal appeals court has denied the firm’s request to temporarily block the supply chain risk designation.Nevertheless, Anthropic’s tools are still in use at many of the government agencies that had been using them before the designation, according to court records.Until Friday, the White House had said little positive about Anthropic.When Trump directed all government agencies to stop using Anthropic, he wrote on social media that the company was run by “left wing nut jobs”, who were attempting to “strong arm” defence. ” The The president said he had “no idea” about the meeting.Judge rejects Pentagon’s attempt to ‘cripple’ AnthropicWhat is Claude Mythos and what risks does it pose?Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI useAnthropic vows to sue Pentagon over supply chain risk labelWhite HouseArtificial intelligenceMilitaryDonald TrumpTechnology
