Trump Allegedly Threatened to Jail Anthropic CEO Over AI Safety Scrutiny
The drama escalates as Donald Trump alleges his administration wanted to jail Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over AI safety concerns. What started with government pressure over model vulnerabilities has ballooned into a high-stakes political saga.
- Original source: beincrypto.com.
- The source published it on Nov 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM.
- No second outlet has reported it yet. Treat it as a single-source claim.
President Donald Trump claimed his administration threatened to jail the head of a major AI company during a 60 Minutes interview on November 8, though he refused to name the executive.
Trump asserted that the Department of Justice got involved after someone was reported for developing dangerous AI, stating, 'We called them very strongly and said, Get ready to go to jail.'
This dramatic account seems to mirror a previously reported confrontation involving Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and the White House.
On June 12, the White House confronted Anthropic regarding security risks in its Claude Fable 5 model, which Amazon had flagged as having potential vulnerabilities.
A September 20 Politico investigation revealed that Amodei initially resisted government demands to take the model offline.
The report claimed an increasingly frustrated Trump told officials, 'I want to send them to jail.' This statement closely matches Trump's later public remarks, but Politico noted it was an internal statement and didn't establish personal criminal threats to Amodei or the DOJ involvement. [SOURCE: Politico]
TopicsDonald Trump · Anthropic · Dario Amodei · Claude Fable 5 · Amazon · Politico · Commerce Department · Axios
Source: beincrypto.com
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