Odaily reported that U.S. President Donald Trump said he no longer regards Anthropic as a national security threat after meeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei during the G7 summit. The statement followed a period of disagreement between the two sides over the severity of jailbreak vulnerabilities in the Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models.
Dispute over Claude model vulnerabilities
Before Trump’s latest remarks, the U.S. government and Anthropic had differed over how serious the relevant model vulnerabilities were. On June 12, the U.S. Department of Commerce introduced export control measures that restricted access to the related models by foreign technical personnel. The move placed large-model security, cross-border technical access and national security review within the same regulatory discussion.
After that, the White House, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Office of the National Cyber Director and Anthropic held multiple rounds of communication on safety standards for large language models. The parties also began building a technical framework to assess model vulnerability risks and define the boundaries of government intervention. According to Trump, Anthropic actively cooperated with remediation requirements, which formed part of the background to his updated view of the company.
AI competition and emergency powers
Trump stressed that the United States’ top priority remains maintaining its competitive advantage over China in artificial intelligence. He said he does not want to limit the domestic AI industry by shutting down or taking over companies. His comments indicate that, in handling large-model safety risks, the administration is still placing industry competitiveness at the center of its approach rather than moving directly toward closure or takeover.
At the same time, Trump said that the government would not rule out using emergency administrative powers, including the Defense Production Act, for regulation when necessary. As of June 2026, Anthropic’s annual recurring revenue had reached $47 billion, its valuation was about $965 billion, and the company had submitted an application to go public. The report was attributed to Axios.