President Donald Trump praised Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as "fantastic" and "great" on Monday, signaling a total reversal in relations after months of open conflict. The comments follow the first one-on-one meeting between the two, a private dinner held Sunday night at the White House to discuss artificial intelligence strategy. Trump stated that the U.S. currently leads China in the race for super intelligence by approximately 1 to 1.5 years and urged the industry to maintain that lead, rejecting the idea that risks of models "going rogue" should slow development.

The rapprochement comes just 72 hours after Trump allies circulated a memo labeling Amodei the face of AI "doomerism" and describing his philosophy as "cultish." On September 14, Trump had mocked Amodei on Truth Social for "pretending to be a perfect little angel" after the CEO called for a slower pace of development. This private dinner serves as a precursor to a larger gathering of AI industry executives scheduled for Tuesday to coordinate American leadership in the sector.