Anthropic CEO to meet White House chief of staff, Axios reports

STORY: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is due to meet White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Friday (April 17).

That's according to a report by Axios.

It's a sign of a breakthrough in the startup's recent fallout with the Pentagon over AI use on the battlefield.

Anthropic sued in a federal court after it was formally labeled a national security supply-chain risk by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The report said Friday's potential meeting comes with authorities focused on Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos.

It said the Trump administration has acknowledged the advanced abilities of the model.

Especially for its sophisticated cybersecurity defense breaching abilities.

The White House and Anthropic didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Reuters could not independently verify the report.

The New York Times' DealBook newsletter has also reported further government focus on Mythos.

It said the Treasury and the State Departments have asked Anthropic for briefings on the model.

Representatives for the Treasury and the State Departments couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Mythos was announced earlier this month and being deployed as part of Anthropic's "Project Glasswing"

The controlled initiative allows select organizations to use the unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model for defensive cybersecurity purposes.