U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media upon arrival at Paris Orly airport, following the G7 Summit, in Orly, France, June 17, 2026.
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President Donald Trump stated he might need seen synthetic intelligence firm Anthropic as a nationwide safety risk final week, however he not does, in line with an interview with “The Axios Present” revealed on Friday.
Senior Anthropic technical employees had been scheduled to satisfy with Trump administration officers earlier this week to debate a dispute over international entry to its most superior AI fashions, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The corporate final week disabled entry for all customers to these fashions after Trump ordered Anthropic to dam international nationals from accessing them.
When requested if he seen Anthropic, or its CEO Dario Amodei, as a risk to nationwide safety, Trump stated: “Properly, not now, however per week in the past, possibly.”
Trump informed Axios that Amodei responded to the administration’s export management directive “in a short time” and “responsibly.”
Trump and different G7 leaders met with tech bosses, together with Amodei, at a summit in France this week.
Trump didn’t rule out utilizing emergency powers underneath the Protection Manufacturing Act towards Anthropic, in line with Axios.
“I’ve the facility to make use of numerous issues,” Trump stated of the DPA. “However I am unsure I’ve to try this.”
Requested to touch upon Trump’s interview, an Anthropic spokesperson stated: “We’re grateful to the administration for his or her ongoing partnership in working to get this matter resolved as shortly as doable. We stay dedicated to working alongside them in direction of our shared targets of defending essential infrastructure and ensuring the U.S. leads in AI.”
