Trump had private dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

September 28, 2026 / 12:13 PM EDT / CBS News

President Trump had a private dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei late Sunday night, the president confirmed.

White House officials have not released any details of what was discussed at the dinner.

The dinner comes as Amodei has been warning about the "exponential growth" of AI and has called for safeguards on the industry. Mr. Trump has resisted the idea of imposing regulations, saying that in the race between the U.S. and China, "whoever wins AI wins."

Mr. Trump said Sunday before the dinner that he and Amodei were going to "talk about" about AI regulations.

"I'm for let's go and let's win," Mr. Trump said. "You know we're about a year, maybe a year and a half up on China. There is nobody in third place. I mean it's just us and China."

The news of the dinner was first reported by Axios.

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