Donald Trump was due to meet Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei for dinner at the White House amid debate over AI’s potential risks. Amodei has warned that poorly managed AI could threaten humanity and urged international safeguards, while Trump has dismissed existential danger claims as a “hoax” and argued the US must keep pace with China.

The White House said it aims to advance AI safely while maintaining US leadership. The US Center for AI Standards and Innovation, established under Joe Biden in 2023, still evaluates some models, alongside independent groups. A poll cited by the article found about two-thirds of Americans think advanced AI poses at least a moderate risk of eventually destroying humanity; Bill Gates has also warned of the possibility of a billion deaths.