Axios: Scoop: Anthropic’s peace talks

Scoop: Anthropic’s peace talks
 
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in San Francisco last year. Photo: Don Feria/APAxios CEO Jim VandeHei was going to pop this in his members-only C-Suite newsletter tomorrow. But it’s too hot to hold. If you’re a CEO or top exec, request FREE admission here.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is scheduled to walk into the West Wing today for a meeting with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles — a breakthrough in his effort to resolve the company’s bitter AI fight with the Pentagon.

Why it matters: The Trump administration recognizes the power of Anthropic’s new Claude model, Mythos, and its highly sophisticated — and potentially dangerous — ability to breach cybersecurity defenses.”It would be grossly irresponsible for the U.S. government to deprive itself of the technological leaps that the new model presents,” a source close to negotiations told us. “It would be a gift to China.

Reminder: Anthropic is suing the Pentagon for blacklisting the company after Amodei refused to allow his AI to be used without restrictions.Some parts of the U.S. intelligence community, plus the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA, part of Homeland Security), are testing Mythos. Treasury and others want it.“The Mythos moment”: Next week’s issue of The Economist features Dario Amodei and other AI moguls. Illustration: Isabel Seliger/The Economist 

Behind the scenes: After Anthropic took the administration to court, negotiations with the Pentagon chilled. But Anthropic has hired key Trumpworld consultants — so expect a deal. Today’s meeting is designed to pave the way.

Flashback: This is the second time Amodei has held a high-stakes meeting with a top Trump official this year.

In late February, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Amodei until the end of the week to accept the Pentagon’s terms, or else. Anthropic didn’t.

Since then, the Pentagon and Anthropic have been locked in a legal and political feud. Some in the administration think the fight is growing counterproductive.Share this story … Go deeper: Trump officials negotiating access to Anthropic’s Mythos despite blacklist.
  
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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