Scoop: Anthropic flies staff to D.C. to clean up White House fight

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Anthropic dispatched senior technical staff to Washington after the Trump administration imposed sweeping export controls on its most powerful AI models, Mythos and Fable, citing safety concerns. The company is scrambling to repair relations with White House officials, who claim Anthropic hasn't engaged seriously with them. The move signals how quickly AI companies must now navigate political pressure from Washington, where national security anxieties about artificial intelligence are reshaping the regulatory landscape.