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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for a slowdown in AI model development. He proposes a three-step plan that includes granting third-party evaluators full, employee-level access to verify safety, coordinating industry-wide policy, and engaging regulators to keep safeguards aligned with rapid progress. The move aims to address growing risks and potential harms.
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Anthropic’s chief scientist, Dario Amodei, has said the company has never supported a ban on open-weight AI models. He explained that Anthropic opposes selling top-tier chips to China and urged global testing of AI systems. Amodei also expressed concern about the rapid development of Chinese AI.
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei had only one direct report. The Trump White House has been critical of Amodei, and the administration has become more receptive to Anthropic after Amodei was replaced by co-founder Tom Brown in meetings about Fable 5.
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Anthropic has reiterated that it will not relax its restrictions on using its Claude AI model for military purposes, a stance reaffirmed after a meeting between its co-founder Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Pentagon has pressed the company, setting a deadline and warning of possible removal from the defense supply chain, while also asking major contractors such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin to evaluate their reliance on Claude.
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