Editing News-White-House-Opposes-Anthropic-Mythos-2026 (section)

== White House's Conflicting Position ==
The White House's objection is notable because it occurs alongside a simultaneous, contradictory development: the administration is also developing an '''executive action''' that would allow government agencies to work around the '''Pentagon's supply chain risk designation''' of Anthropic and onboard its models, including Mythos. The Pentagon designated Anthropic an "unprecedented national security supply chain risk" in early 2026, following a breakdown in negotiations over whether the U.S. military could use Claude for autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance — uses Anthropic CEO '''Dario Amodei''' has said he will not permit.<ref name="tnw" />

White House chief of staff '''Susie Wiles''' and Treasury Secretary '''Scott Bessent''' met with Amodei earlier in April 2026 in what both sides described as a productive introductory meeting. The White House is simultaneously convening companies across sectors this week to inform the draft executive action, while also telling Anthropic it opposes the Mythos expansion plan.<ref name="tnw" />