President Trump says the US leads China in artificial intelligence by approximately 1 to 1.5 years and will discuss competitiveness at a private dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei tonight. During his confirmation of the dinner, Trump stated he wants the US to "win" in the AI race and noted that a larger meeting with various industry leaders is scheduled for Tuesday. This will be the first one-on-one meeting between the president and the AI laboratory chief.

The meeting follows months of tension, including a September 14 Truth Social post where Trump mocked Amodei and a September 24 White House memo that described Amodei's AI safety philosophy as a "cultish" ideology. Amodei missed a state dinner last week due to a scheduling conflict, which led Trump to issue a personal invitation for this event. The rapprochement comes as the two parties navigate a legal dispute and as the US and China establish regular AI talks following a recent meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping.