White House, Anthropic Discuss Risks of AI

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles sounded out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday about the artificial intelligence company’s new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal government for how it could transform national security and the economy. A White House official, who requested anonymity to discuss the meeting ahead of time, said the administration is engaging with advanced AI labs about their models and the security of software. The official stressed that any new technology that might be used by the federal government would require a technical period for evaluation. The White House said afterward that…