CEO Dario Amodei reportedly had a meeting at the White House on Friday.CEO Dario Amodei reportedly had a meeting at the White House on Friday.by Hayden FieldApr 17, 2026, 8:14 PM UTCHayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets.The Trump administration has spent nearly two months fighting with AI company Anthropic. It’s dubbed the company a “RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY” full of “Leftwing nut jobs” and a menace to national security. But some of the ice…