There were earlier signs of a thawing relationship ' or a sense that not every part of the administration wanted to cut off Anthropic ' with reports saying that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell were encouraging the heads of major banks to test out Anthropic's new Mythos model. Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark seemed to confirm this, claiming that the ongoing fight over the supply-chain risk designation is a 'narrow contracting dispute' that would not interfere with the company's willingness to brief the government about its latest models. Then on Friday, Axios reported that Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. In a statement, the White House described this as an 'introductory meeting' that was 'productive and constructive.' Similarly, Anthropic issued a statement confirming that Amodei had met with 'senior administration officials for a productive discussion on how Anthropic and the U.S....
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