Dario Amodei met with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Friday in the first direct talks aimed at resolving Anthropic's legal battle with the Department of Defense, according to Axios. The Pentagon designated Anthropic a national security supply chain risk in early March after the company refused to allow Claude to be used for fully autonomous weapons and mass surveillance; Anthropic sued, and an appeals court on April 8 declined to pause the blacklisting while litigation proceeds, per CNBC. A settlement would reinstate Anthropic as an eligible defense contractor and could set a precedent for how the administration handles AI safety restrictions industry-wide.