Trump to Dine with Anthropic CEO Amid AI Debate and Pentagon Dispute

President Donald Trump planned to dine with Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, on Sunday, September 27, 2026. This private dinner follows a federal appeals court decision on Friday that rejected Anthropic's challenge to the government's designation of the company as a supply chain risk, allowing the Pentagon to continue removing Anthropic's AI models from its systems. The dispute arose from Amodei's concerns over the military's potential use of AI for mass surveillance or autonomous drones, highlighting ongoing national security and ethical debates surrounding rapidly developing artificial intelligence.