Trump Allies Target Anthropic CEO With Opposition Research Hours Before White House Dinner

Trump allies circulated an opposition research memo attacking Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as a voice of AI "doomerism" in the same week the president invited him to a private White House dinner, escalating a conflict between the administration and the AI safety-focused company. The memo, distributed by a Trump political adviser, characterized Amodei and associates as promoting an extreme view of AI risk and linked them to the effective altruism movement, which has faced increasing political scrutiny. The timing underscores deepening tensions between Trump's pro-growth AI agenda and Anthropic's more cautious approach to artificial intelligence development.