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

Maria CuriAdd Axios as your preferred source tosee more of our stories on Google.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Photo: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSenior technical Anthropic staff are in Washington to meet with White House officials to try to fix a dispute that has taken the company's top models offline, a source close to the company tells Axios.Why it matters: Anthropic is mobilizing quickly to make amends with the Trump administration, after safety concerns resulted in sweeping export controls on its most powerful models, Mythos and Fable.Driving the news: Administration officials claim Anthropic has not engaged in a serious manner. But Anthropic technical staff have held virtual meetings with White House officials since the administration's initial outreach on Friday, according to the source.Sources from both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue. This is a developing story.