The president wanted to unleash AI. Then came Anthropic. - POLITICO
In its complicated dance with Anthropic over AI regulations, the White House has come to learn any policymaking process will struggle to keep up with the rate of technological innovation. | Illustration by Lauren Bulbin/POLITICO (iStock; World Politics Archive/Alamy) On the evening of April 6, an unusual request began making its way from Washington to some of Wall Street’s most powerful executives. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted to see them first thing the next morning. The heads of Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo had already been in Washington for a routine meeting of the Financial Services Forum, a trade association whose gatherings are usually free of drama. But as the bankers wound down their day over dinner and drinks, that quickly changed. Bessent had learned that the artificial intelligence company Anthropic had developed a new model, called Mythos, which would be released the next day to approved users in the public and private