Anthropic has sent senior technical staff to Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump administration officials this week in hopes of ironing out issues after the White House raised national security concerns about the company’s top artificial intelligence models, a source close to Anthropic told the Washington Examiner. The White House on Friday imposed export restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after suspicions arose that a group linked to China had accessed the Mythos 5 model. In response, Anthropic took the programs completely offline.The source close with Anthropic said company officials have met virtually with Trump administration officials every day since they were first contacted about concerns of an alleged way to “jailbreak” the models’ security features over the weekend.
However, White House AI czar David Sacks said that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was less than cooperative when the Trump administration asked the company to resolve the “jailbreak,” which led the administration to “reluctantly” place restrictions on public access to the models.
“In the past, Anthropic has always said that safety must be top priority and taken super seriously,” Sacks said. “In this case, Anthropic prioritized the continued offering of the consumer model over safety.”
