The Trump administration has shifted its preferred point of contact at Anthropic for talks on re-releasing the suspended Claude Fable 5 model, moving from CEO Dario Amodei to cofounder Tom Brown after officials found the previous arrangement more difficult.
So they finally got someone who could talk
Sources: the Trump administration has been happier talking to Anthropic lately after Dario Amodei was replaced by cofounder Tom Brown in meetings about Fable 5 (@hugolowell / Wired)
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Export controls imposed after the June 9 launch remain active as of June 24, with discussions now focused on proof that jailbreak risks can be addressed before any re-deployment.
A bipartisan congressional letter seeks clarity on criteria and dates by June 26, yet neither the White House nor Anthropic has offered a public response on when or if the model might return.
Many users dismissed Dario Amodei as a weirdo and questioned his leadership amid reports that the Trump administration prefers Tom Brown for Anthropic meetings.
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SITUATION UPDATE: The Trump administration has been happier with Anthropic discussions since Dario Amodei was replaced by cofounder Tom Brown in White House meetings about Fable 5, per Wired.
one of the two must stay in the locker either Fable, or Dario Dario is a weirdo, so Fable gets to walk
Life is hierarchical.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-white-house-is-over-anthropics-dario-amodei/
@AndrewCurran_ What did we learn, everyone? When the Treasury Secretary calls, you pick up the fucking phone.
@AndrewCurran_ What a quote lmao
@LokiJulianus @AndrewCurran_ He did pick up the phone, the government is just lying.
@LokiJulianus @AndrewCurran_ really? what i've taken away from all of this is that the Trump admin really needs to learn how to keep their stories straight if they want to be effective bullshitters. well, that and there's a lot of embarrassingly easy marks on this site.
@AndrewCurran_ I’m not a weirdo
@zephyr_z9
@AndrewCurran_ Lol. I bet Dario might be replaced soon if not careful
@LokiJulianus @AndrewCurran_ Well you should have just learned that your govt is capricious and led by complete morons
@AndrewCurran_ While still incredibly childish and unprofessional of the administration, I’ll happily take a setup of Brown being the public face of Anthropic while Dario works behind the scenes if it means we can keep accelerating model releases
@AndrewCurran_ Dario, the weirdo — per WIRED.
@AndrewCurran_ well yeah, anthropic probably didn't want to have them work directly with the CEO to begin with
big surprise there's other people more suited for different tasks
@AndrewCurran_ it's just Dario in a Tom Brown mask
@AndrewCurran_ Dario actually is a weirdo, this has been true all along.
Logically Anthropic CEO still holds more power than Tom Brown's co-founder status, no? (Even though equity held is similar?)
Does this mean they'll rotate CEO lol. Each person gets forced into the chair if others gets stuck by pr issues. Or does this just mean govt sales now just goes to Tom if they don't want it imploding, that alongside b2b is a bulk of revenue.
@AndrewCurran_ …which confirms the people-problem, not model-problem, angle here. People are replaceable in organizations, sure, but some people come to meetings with the equivalent of a wrecking ball and some with the equivalent of spa music and a yoga mat.
