Trump admin open to talks with Anthropic over foreigner ban

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The Trump administration is open to negotiating with Anthropic over its order barring foreigners from the company’s most powerful artificial intelligence models, The Post has learned.

A senior White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal deliberations, suggested a resolution could be worked out directly with the AI giants CEO Dario Amodei.

President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026.

President Trump attends a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 16, 2026. REUTERS

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei, addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 19, 2026.

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 19, 2026. REUTERS

The Trump administration is open to negotiating with Anthropic over its order barring foreigners from the company’s most powerful artificial intelligence models, The Post has learned.

The Trump administration is open to negotiating with Anthropic over its order barring foreigners from the company’s most powerful artificial intelligence models, The Post has learned. REUTERS

“We can’t have frontier models running amok, the source briefed on the matter said. “It’s all about working things through with Dario.”

The remark is the first indication the administration may view last week’s export-control directive — which forced Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models worldwide — as a starting point for talks rather than a permanent restriction.