A political adviser to President Trump authored a document now circulating in the White House that seeks to position Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as the face of "AI doomerism," according to reports from Axios. The memo describes "the AI-doom pipeline" as a product of effective altruism and names Dario and president Daniela Amodei as part of "The Anthropic knot." This effort to brand the executives comes as Anthropic prepares for a potential IPO, and coincides with White House officials reportedly blocking a past request for Amodei to meet the president because he was "a little too weird."

The political targeting follows a September 23 UN Security Council briefing where Amodei warned that AI could pose a "risk to humanity as a whole" and stated his company would slow development to ensure safety. During the same session, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios rejected calls for global AI governance, labeling such efforts a "globalist scheme" and arguing that the U.S. should not constrain the rapid advancement of intelligence.