Trump tells Axios he no longer views Anthropic as national security threat

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Source: Reuters

June 19, 2026 3:55 PM EDT Updated 3 hours ago


June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he might have viewed artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a national security threat last ​week, but he no longer does, according to an ‌interview with "The Axios Show" published on Friday.

Senior Anthropic technical staff were scheduled to meet with Trump administration officials earlier this week to discuss a ​dispute over foreign access to its most advanced AI ​models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The company last ⁠week disabled access for all users to those models after ​Trump ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing them.

Here are ​some of the details from the Axios interview:

When asked if he viewed Anthropic, or its CEO Dario Amodei, as a threat to national security, ​Trump said: "Well, not now, but a week ago, maybe."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-axios-he-no-longer-views-anthropic-national-security-threat-2026-06-19/

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And Kegsbreath gets to play bus mechanic.

[yourout]

1. Amazing what a 1 million crypto buy can do.

[LudwigPastorius]

5. Anthropic is the only AI company that has show any integrity concerning the use, and misuse, of its products.

I don't believe Dario Amodei bribed Trump.

This is more likely a case of Trump just regurgitating the opinion of the last person he spoke with.

[patphil]

2. It's amazing how money can change someone's mind.

[JoseBalow]

3. I guess the check cleared

[sakabatou]

4. Corruption, again.