Medinah, Illinois, 28 September 2026 – US President Donald Trump said he planned to meet Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei for dinner on 27 September, while reiterating his opposition to slowing artificial-intelligence development. Speaking at the Presidents Cup near Chicago, Trump framed speed as a strategic advantage over China. The available accounts establish his stated plan and policy position; they do not, by themselves, confirm what happened at the private dinner or that either side reached an agreement.
The meeting plan brings into focus a substantive disagreement over how to manage rapidly improving AI systems. Trump argued in a televised interview that new restraints could surrender the US lead. Amodei, in a September essay published under his own name, has urged a more deliberate pace so that safeguards and independent evaluation can keep up with model capabilities. Both positions claim to protect long-term US competitiveness, but they differ sharply on the immediate trade-off between development speed and risk control.
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