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type: entity
entity_type: decision
status: draft
date_proposed: 2026-04-29
proposing_authority: White House
target_entity: Anthropic
category: executive-order
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# Trump Administration Draft Executive Order on Anthropic Mythos Federal Access

## Overview

Draft executive order or guidance being prepared by the Trump White House to create an official pathway for federal agencies to access Anthropic's Mythos model despite the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation on Anthropic.

## Key Provisions

**What the EO would do:**
- Create official legal pathway for agencies to use Mythos for national security purposes, specifically cyber vulnerability hardening
- Clear the informal workaround currently in use by some agencies
- Potentially restore some of Anthropic's federal contractor status for non-Pentagon agencies

**What the EO would NOT do:**
- Remove the Pentagon supply chain risk designation (requires separate action)
- Restore Anthropic's categorical prohibitions on autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance as contract terms
- Change the "lawful operational use" standard for military AI contracts already accepted by seven other companies

## Context

**Triggering events:**
- President Trump met indirectly with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (through Susie Wiles and Scott Bessent, April 17, 2026)
- Trump subsequently told CNBC a deal was "possible" and Anthropic was "shaping up"
- Draft EO follows those signals

**Governance pattern:**
The EO represents "capability accommodation" - executive mechanisms opening market access for national security capability needs without addressing governance gaps. The administration is responding to "we need this capability" not "we need these governance principles."

## Timeline

- **2026-04-17** — Trump meets indirectly with Dario Amodei through Susie Wiles and Scott Bessent
- **2026-04-29** — Axios reports White House drafting EO to restore Anthropic federal access

## Significance

Demonstrates that executive action can close capability access gaps (getting Mythos onto official government networks) but cannot close governance gaps (establishing binding constraints on how military AI is used). The EO is about procurement workarounds, not governance standards.

## Sources

- Axios, "Trump Officials Draft Executive Order to Restore Anthropic Federal Access," April 29, 2026
- Nextgov/GovExec reporting on same