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Trump says he had 'no idea' Anthropic's Amodei met with White House about Mythos

Cnbc · · 678 words · By Ashley Capoot; Lora Kolodny
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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The White House said its meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was "productive and constructive" on Friday”
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Multiple independent sources (AOL, CNBC, and another web result) confirm the White House described the meeting with Dario Amodei as 'productive and constructive'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic–United_States_Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2026, from January 1, 2026, to March 31, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald…
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“President Donald Trump was asked about Amodei's visit on a runway in Phoenix, Ariz., he responded, "Who?" and then said he had "no idea."”
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Web search results describe an incident at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport where President Trump was asked about the meeting and responded with 'Who?' and 'no idea'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety. Anthropic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic–United_States_Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, serving as the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired. On that date, the House of Representatives ad…
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“Amodei met with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, and other senior administration officials”
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Multiple sources, including Bloomberg and other web results, confirm Amodei met with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and other senior officials.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety. Anthropic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic–United_States_Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
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“U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was one of the officials in attendance”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference (CNBC) and multiple web search results (Axios, others) stating Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attended the meeting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial analyst, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement is an agreement between the United States and Ukraine establishing terms for joint investment in Ukraine's natural resources, including critical r…
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“the company's powerful new Mythos model, which was announced earlier this month”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Anthropic announced a new model called 'Mythos' earlier this month.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mythos is locked away. The idea isn’t. Anthropic built an AI that can autonomously find and exploit vulnerabilities across entire systems and chose not to release it.Earlier this month, Anthropic anno…
https://interestingengineering.com/ai-logs/anthropic-claude-…
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web search NEUTRAL — When Anthropic told the world this month that it had built an artificial intelligence model so powerful that it was too dangerous to release widely, the company named 11 organizations as partners to h…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/technology/anthropics-myt…
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web search NEUTRAL — It was revealed by Anthropic earlier this month, when developers responsible for testing AI models and their performance of so-called "misaligned" tasks - which go against human values, goals and beha…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ev24yx4rmo
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“Trump blacklisted it and called it a national security risk, declaring that his administration would "not do business with them again."”
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Multiple sources (Al Jazeera and other web results) confirm that the Trump administration/Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security supply chain risk and blacklisted the company.
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic, the maker of popular AI assistant Claude, a national security supply chain risk on March 3 after the company refused to remove guardrails against i…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/3/18/trump-administra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump's blacklisting of Anthropic and CEO Dario Amodei's response expose the real character of the dispute: not a conflict between ethics and militarism, but between two factions of the ruling class o…
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/28/ildx-f28.html
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web search NEUTRAL — US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has formally designated artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a “supply-chain risk to national security,” following US President Donald Trump’s order to blacklist the…
https://www.rt.com/news/633148-pentagon-anthropic-national-s…
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“Mythos excels at identifying weaknesses and security flaws within software, according to Anthropic”
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Web search results indicate that Anthropic claims the Mythos model is capable of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities/security flaws in software.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company that recently fought the Pentagon over the use of its technology, has built a new A.I. model that it claims is too powerful to be released to the public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/anthropic-clai…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mythos is one of Anthropic's latest models developed as part of its broader AI system called Claude. It encompasses the company's AI assistant and family of models, rivalling OpenAI's ChatGPT and Goog…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk1py1jgzko
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic’s Mythos is reshaping cyber threats by accelerating exploit development. Learn how vulnerability management programs must evolve to keep pace with AI-driven attacks.
https://www.sygnia.co/threat-reports-and-advisories/mythos-e…
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“Anthropic is rolling the model out to a select group of companies as part of Project Glasswing, a new cybersecurity initiative”
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While sources confirm the existence of the Mythos model and its cybersecurity capabilities, there is no specific mention of 'Project Glasswing' in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety. [7] .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 4, 2026 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 7, 2026 · Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company that recently fought the Pentagon over the use of its technology, has built a new A.I. model that it claims is too powerful to be released …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/anthropic-clai…
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“Anthropic sued the government to try to reverse its blacklisting in courts in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding lawsuits filed by Anthropic in San Francisco or Washington, D.C.
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“the DOD declared Anthropic a supply chain risk in early March”
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Although the specific 'evidence for claim 9' section was empty, the evidence for claim 5 explicitly states that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security supply chain risk on March 3.
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“The label requires defense contractors to certify that they don't use Anthropic's Claude AI models in their work with the military.”
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“Trump then ordered all federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic's technology" in a Truth Social post”
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“that directive has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in San Francisco”
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“the agency has continued to use Anthropic's Claude models in the war with Iran”
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“Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met with the heads of the top U.S. banks last week about the AI model.”
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“Vice President JD Vance and Bessent also met with Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and other top tech execs about AI cybersecurity.”
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“Wiles is a former employee of Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with strong ties to the Trump administration.”
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“Anthropic hired Ballard after the Pentagon designated the company a supply chain risk, according to federal disclosures.”
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