Anthropic employees in D.C. to meet with White House officials

Anthropic employees in D.C. to meet with White House officials

Anthropic employees in D.C. to meet with White House officials

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/06/15/anthropic-white-house/6381781537871/

Publish Date: 2026-06-15 13:41:00

Source Domain: www.upi.com

  • Senior staff from Anthropic travelled to Washington, D.C. to meet with White House officials.
  • Anthropic disabled access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models due to a government export control directive.
  • The directive cited national security concerns, affecting all foreign nationals including Anthropic’s foreign national employees.
  • The government had evidence suggesting that Mythos 5 could potentially be used for hacking.
  • Anthropic had a contentious relationship with the federal government, including a Trump administration directive to stop using its AI tools.
  • The Defense Department stopped using Anthropic’s AI model,Claude, after contract negotiations failed.
  • The Trump administration accused Anthropic of being a “radical left, woke company”.