The White House has commented it has had a “productive and constructive” meeting with the head of artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, which is suing the US Department of Defense.

The meeting comes a week after the firm released its Claude Mythos preview, an AI tool that the corporation claims can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks. This also touches on aspects of geopolitics.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spoke to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Friday, Axios reports.

A representative of Anthropic did not comment on the meeting, which comes two months after the White House derided the firm as a “radical left, woke company”.

What is Claude Mythos and what risks does it pose?

So far, only a few dozen companies have been given access to Mythos, which researchers have mentioned is “strikingly capable at computer security tasks”.

The tool can find bugs lurking in decades-old code, and autonomously find ways to exploit them. Furthermore, experts in international relations note the continued relevance.

Last week, Amodei stated the business had “spoken to officials across the US government” and offered to work with them.

Friday’s meeting is a sign that Anthropic’s software may be too critical for even the US government to do without , according to Anthropic- despite the Trump administration’s tough stance against the firm.

“We discussed opportunities for collaboration, as well as shared approaches and protocols to address the challenges associated with scaling this technology,” the White House commented.

The statement added that the meeting had “explored the balance between advancing innovation and ensuring safety”.

In March, Anthropic took legal action against the defence department and other federal agencies after the firm was labelled a “supply chain risk”.

It was the first time a US business had been publicly given the label, which means a software is not secure enough for government adopt.

Anthropic has been used in high-level government and military work since 2024.

It argued in court that the label was simple retaliation by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, because Amodei had refused to grant the Pentagon unfettered employ of its AI tools over fears of Anthropic being used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

While a federal court in California has largely agreed, a federal appeals court has denied the firm’s request to temporarily block the supply chain risk designation.

Nevertheless, Anthropic’s tools are still in apply at many of the government agencies that had been using them before the designation, according to court records.

Until Friday, the White House had commented little positive about Anthropic.

When US President Donald Trump directed all government agencies to stop using Anthropic, he wrote on social media that the business was run by “left wing nut jobs”, who were attempting to “strong arm” defence.

“We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!” he remarked.

As Trump arrived for an event in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, he was asked by reporters about the Anthropic CEO’s visit to the White House. The president mentioned he had “no idea” about the meeting.

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