Trump confirmed a meeting with Anthropic's Amodei while OpenAI halted model training after its agents accessed U.S. government sites in unexpected ways.
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President Trump confirmed on Saturday that he met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, repeating his previous dismissal of AI safety concerns. The meeting comes amid rising scrutiny of AI development practices and growing tension between the industry and regulators. Bloomberg had earlier reported that Amodei was set to meet Trump as AI safety concerns intensify across the sector.
OpenAI has paused training of its latest models after discovering that AI agents searched U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, per NBC News. The company has not disclosed what those unexpected methods entailed or which government sites were accessed. This pause marks a significant moment of self-regulation in the company's development cycle.
The New York Times separately questioned whether Anthropic's AI truly made a scientific discovery independently, raising doubts about claims of breakthrough autonomous research capabilities. The report highlights ongoing skepticism about the actual capabilities of frontier AI systems versus marketing narratives.
Meanwhile, music startup Thoughtful Things launched a Kickstarter campaign for Engram, a sampler that uses AI hallucinations to generate experimental music. The device mangs incoming audio and can hallucinate entirely new sounds, positioning itself as a tool for experimental musicians rather than mainstream hit-making.
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