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Scoop: White House workshops plan to bring back Anthropic

Axios · · 629 words · By Maria Curi; Ashley Gold
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The White House is reportedly drafting guidance to allow federal agencies to use AI models from Anthropic, including the powerful Mythos model, despite previous security risk designations. This move comes amid an ongoing dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the terms of service regarding autonomous weapons and surveillance.

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What happened

The White House is developing guidance that would allow agencies to get around Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and onboard new models including its most powerful yet, Mythos, according to sourcesfamiliar with the matter.

Why it matters

Why it matters: The Trump administration appears to be performing a 180 on a company it previously claimed was such a grave security risk that it had to be ripped out of the federal government.

Common ground

Behind the scenes: A draft executive action that is currently in the works could, among other steps related to the government's use of AI, give the administration a way to dial down the Anthropic fight, two sources said.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

The White House is reportedly drafting guidance to allow federal agencies to use AI models from Anthropic, including the powerful Mythos model, despite previous security risk designations. This move comes amid an ongoing dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the terms of service regarding autonomous weapons and surveillance.

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Claim 1: “Earlier this month, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei”
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Multiple sources, including Axios and WSJ, report that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bessent and Wiles at the State of the Union.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined a meeting on Friday between White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, sources briefed o…
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/17/anthropic-white-house-wiles…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met in person with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the 17th. The White House described the talks as 'constructive and pro…
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/314095782032721
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic CEO Meets Trump Administration Officials as Feud Thaws. Friday meeting comes ahead of potential release of Mythos, Anthropic’s latest AI model, to government.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ceo-lands-white-house-…
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Claim 2: “Government agencies including the Pentagon are still able to use Anthropic's models while the legal fight plays out, and the National Security Agency is even using Mythos.”
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Multiple sources (Axios and others) explicitly state that the NSA is using the Mythos Preview model despite the Department of Defense's supply chain risk designation.
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency is using Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Mythos Preview, despite top officials at the Department of Defense — which oversees the NSA — insisting the company is a "sup…
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/nsa-anthropic-mythos-pentag…
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web search NEUTRAL — The NSA is using Anthropic's most powerful model while the Pentagon is in court calling the same company a "supply chain risk." Per Axios: NSA is running Mythos Preview to scan its own environments fo…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sam-sabin-94689471_scoop-nsa-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency is said to be using Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s recently announced model that it withheld from public release, Axios reports.The NSA’s access to Mythos comes as Anthropic’…
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/nsa-spies-are-reportedly-u…
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Claim 3: “The White House is convening companies across various sectors this week to inform the potential executive action and best practices for deploying Mythos.”
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Reports from Politico and other sources confirm the White House is meeting with industry leaders and Anthropic's CEO to discuss the deployment of Mythos and potential executive orders for AI vetting.
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web search NEUTRAL — The "introductory meeting" came as the Trump administration is considering how to deploy a groundbreaking new Anthropic model amid its feud with the leading AI company. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei look…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/white-house-to-meet…
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House is reportedly preparing an executive order that would require government review of new AI models before they reach the public. The shift follows Anthropic's release of Mythos, a model …
https://theoutpost.ai/news-story/white-house-considers-vetti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei meets White House officials to discuss Mythos AI model, signaling potential reconciliation after Trump administration blacklisted the company in March 2026. Key Points.
https://justnow.kr/en/article/kn/en-kn26041802/en-kn26041802…
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Claim 4: “A draft executive action that is currently in the works could... give the administration a way to dial down the Anthropic fight”
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Web search results indicate the White House is considering executive actions and guidance to resolve the tension and 'fight' with Anthropic due to the necessity of its AI progress.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is both a risk and a necessity to AI progress, at least in the White House's telling. Why it matters: That tension is shaping AI policy in real time, as the White House realizes it needs the…
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/01/washington-new-anthropic-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the US government, this must be implemented immediately, even though it is unlawful. Shortly after filing the lawsuit, Anthropic received support from a number of employees of competing A…
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Lawsuit-against-entire-US-gover…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said institutions like companies and governments have a window of between six and 12 months to fix software vulnerabilities before Chinese AI catches up.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/316341/20260505/anthropic…
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Claim 5: “Anthropic refused to sign an agreement allowing the Pentagon to use its model Claude for 'all lawful purposes,' insisting on banning its use for mass domestic surveillance or to develop fully autonomous weapons.”
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NPR and other sources confirm that Anthropic refused the 'all lawful purposes' agreement because it would not remove restrictions regarding mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic says it refused the Pentagon’s “all lawful use” contract standard because it would not remove two limits: no mass domestic surveillance of Americans and no fully autonomous weapons.
https://blog.boycat.io/posts/openai-department-of-war-deal-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon wanted "any lawful use" of Anthropic's AI tools. No restrictions. Full access. Anthropic said they wouldn't agree to two things: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jacksonyew_anthropic-claude-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ban comes as Anthropic plans an IPO. Defense Department officials had given Anthropic a deadline of 5:01 p.m. ET on Friday to drop restrictions on its AI model, Claude, from being used for domestic ma…
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729118/trump-anthropic…
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Claim 6: “The Pentagon is currently still able to use Claude, which is integrated into highly sensitive systems, but it is operating on older terms of service... The Pentagon is also not receiving the latest updates of the model.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific details regarding the Pentagon's use of Claude under old terms of service or the lack of updates.
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Claim 7: “OpenAI and Google have both signed agreements to let the Pentagon use their models under the 'all lawful purposes' standard in classified settings”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that OpenAI and Google signed agreements under the 'all lawful purposes' standard in classified settings.
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Claim 8: “The Pentagon... issued the unprecedented supply chain risk designation.”
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Confirmed by both a cross-reference (The Hindu citing Axios) and multiple web search results that the Pentagon issued a supply-chain risk designation against Anthropic.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Pentagon, large five-sided building in Arlington county, Virginia, that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pentagon
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerate…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon
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web search NEUTRAL — Touring the Pentagon - Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen assigned to their services’ ceremonial units volunteer or are hand-picked to become Pentagon tour guides. Every working da…
https://www.war.gov/Pentagon-Tours/
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Claim 9: “The Pentagon and White House were once aligned on blacklisting a company both denounced as 'woke.'”
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CNN Business and other sources confirm that the Trump administration blacklisted Anthropic, and the company is currently battling this in court.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon would remain excluded unless a separate process for reviewing specific military use cases can be agreed. Both sides have incentives: Anthropic because the blacklisting is commercially dam…
https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-amodei-wiles-mythos-wh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei visited the White House on Friday for a high-stakes meeting with the president’s top adviser, while his AI company battles the Trump administration in court for blacklisting…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/business/anthropic-white-hous…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models named Claude and focuses on AI safety.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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Claim 10: “The White House is developing guidance that would allow agencies to get around Anthropic's supply chain risk designation and onboard new models including its most powerful yet, Mythos”
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Multiple independent sources (Reuters, Axios, and other web results) confirm that the White House is drafting guidance to allow agencies to bypass Anthropic's supply chain risk designation to onboard models including Mythos.
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web search NEUTRAL — White House drafting executive guidance to bypass Anthropic's supply chain risk and onboard Claude Mythos. 6-question vendor audit before May. Table of Contents.
https://findskill.ai/blog/white-house-anthropic-mythos-vendo…
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web search NEUTRAL — April 28 (Reuters) - The White House is developing guidance that could allow federal agencies to sidestep Anthropic's supply-chain risk designation and onboard new artificial intelligence models, incl…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-drafts-guida…
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web search NEUTRAL — White House guidance may let agencies bypass Anthropic’s risk flag. The move could open access to Mythos for federal use.The department labeled the Claude-maker a supply-chain risk after the company d…
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/white-house-drafts-pat…
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