Dario Amodei
Anthropic · co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic · Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic · chief executive, Anthropic · Anthropic CEO · CEO, Anthropic
Titles as the sources gave them. In 38 entries, with 2 checked quotations.
Who they are
Roles and parties from Wikidata and from the sources in the Base, as precise as each gives them. When we compare what groups say, each statement counts in the group the person belonged to that day.
- CEO, AnthropicFebruary 2021–now · Wikidata
- Co-founder, AnthropicJanuary 26, 2021–now · Wikidata
- Employee, OpenAI–December 2020 · Wikidata
Wikidata: Q103335665
What they said
Newest first. Each quotation was found word for word in the source.
“I think that even if I conceded every item in your list, I would happily hold up mine next to it; I don’t think it’s a close call.”
“We will have the narrow ability to redact security-sensitive, legally privileged, commercially sensitive, or third-party confidential information, but we can’t redact findings just because they are unfavorable.”
In the Base
Every entry they appear in.
Anthropic S-1 Shocker, Greatest Business Ever? Google’s $500B Wipeout, Midterm Predictions
In an 86-minute All-In episode, the four hosts read Anthropic's S-1 as an exceptional business. David Sacks argues Anthropic leads the race toward recursive self-improvement, calls its pacing letter an alibi, and predicts a split with AI-risk campaigners. David Friedberg expects governments to ration compute; Chamath Palihapitiya warns AI borrowing competes with US Treasuries.
What Anthropic's S-1 Tells Us About the A.I. Business | Hard Fork
In a 53-minute episode, Hard Fork discusses Anthropic's IPO filing with New York Times reporter Erin Griffith: its losses, slowing growth, safety risk factors and governance. Later the panel covers the midterms, a PHP vulnerability, Microsoft buyouts and an Anthropic study of experts deferring to AI.
Inside Anthropic’s trillion-dollar AI gamble
In a 45-minute Decoder episode, Nilay Patel and SemiAnalysis analyst Joey Brookhart go through Anthropic's IPO filing: its margins, compute commitments, competition from OpenAI and open models, and the risk that revenue lags the spending on AGI.
Anthropic is asking Wall Street to believe in AGI
The Verge publishes the edited transcript of a Decoder interview in which SemiAnalysis analyst Joey Brookhart reads Anthropic's IPO filing (S-1) as showing strong margins, and argues that a $10 trillion valuation depends on automating white-collar work.
‘Big Short’ trader Steve Eisman: It's very clear Anthropic's revenue growth has slowed dramatically
On CNBC's Squawk Box, investor Steve Eisman argues that AI lab leaders' warnings about humanity are meant to bring regulation that keeps Chinese open-weight models out, says AI is not sentient, and claims Anthropic's third-quarter growth slowed sharply.
Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe?
In a Guardian opinion piece, Jerel Ezell argues that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's plan, AI Under Democracy, could bridge political divides. It would force divestment from frontier labs and make most board seats publicly chosen.
Anthropic Files Its S-1
Zvi Mowshowitz gives a long close reading of Anthropic's S-1 filing: its finances, share classes and governance, and risk factors. Mowshowitz argues the filing treats existential risk briefly and in the passive voice, and that Anthropic's business plan depends on AI-assisted AI development.
Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?
TechCrunch's Tim Fernholz explains how control of Anthropic would be divided after its IPO among its board, a Long-Term Benefit Trust, the seven founders and employees, and argues that buyers of common stock would have little say.
Anthropic Versus Anthropic
Zvi Mowshowitz reproduces Dario Amodei's reply to Nathan Calvin's criticism and covers Kelsey Piper's visit to Anthropic, METR's review of Anthropic's risk report, and the new public benefit fund. Mowshowitz argues Anthropic's costly stands track the CEO's personal priorities.
Anthropic warns of 'catastrophic risk' to humankind ahead of blockbuster share listing
The BBC reports on Anthropic's public stock market filing, which warns investors that advanced AI could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity, alongside figures of $16.3bn revenue and larger losses in the first half of the year.
AI:AM Highlights: Clean Neurons, Black October, the GPU Credit Crunch, and Buying the Supply Chain
In a 90-minute highlights episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Zvi Mowshowitz argues that AI-assisted AI research has quietly begun and that the leaked Anthropic draft bill would increase risk; SF Compute's Evan Conrad says credit, not power or chips, limits compute; Cambrian's Lonis Hamaili argues the physical supply chain will capture more value than the labs.
Why The Human Future Is At Risk
In opening remarks at the 2026 Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., Future of Life Institute president Anthony Aguirre and chair Max Tegmark argue that AI companies are racing toward systems that replace people, and call for a "pro-human" path instead.
Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the company
The Guardian reports on Anthropic's employment report, which says AI agents now do more work hours than staff and that entry-level technical hiring has fallen. Researchers quoted question Anthropic's motives ahead of its planned share offering and cite research that links job-market decline to earlier than ChatGPT.
Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
In an analysis piece, The Guardian's Nick Romeo reports that a federal job guarantee is gaining attention in the US as a response to possible AI-driven job loss. It describes proposals in Congress, a small Cleveland pilot, and economists' arguments on cost.
How could the US and China verifiably slow AI?
In a first LessWrong post, josefely explains why a unilateral US slowdown would not work and surveys ways a US-China agreement on AI compute could be verified: remote sensing, on-site inspection and tamper-resistant chip hardware. A closing scenario imagines an agreement after a major AI-enabled cyberattack. The author says the ideas come from existing papers.
JB Pritzker thinks AI could help us live to 100 — or threaten us like nukes
In a 59-minute interview with The Verge's Nilay Patel, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker argues that AI companies cannot police themselves, that states alone cannot regulate AI, and that AI is potentially existential. Pritzker also warns of job losses and compares AI to nuclear weapons.
What to Know About the Obscure Trust Looming Over Anthropic’s IPO
The Wall Street Journal's Theo Francis reports that Anthropic has shared few details about its five-person Long-Term Benefit Trust, which can shape the board and block major moves, as the company prepares an IPO. Only the opening of the article was readable.
Anthropic’s proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages are on the line — proposal would effectively make the Commerce Department the only agency capable of stopping an AI model
Tom's Hardware, citing Politico, reports that Anthropic is lobbying for a bill letting the government block an AI model's release only above stated harm thresholds, with the Commerce Department as the sole body able to act. The article adds context on recent incidents and other proposals.
Anthropic Should Delay IPO to Address AI Safety Risks, Says NYC Comptroller
In a seven-minute interview on Bloomberg Surveillance, New York City Comptroller Mark Levine explains a letter asking Anthropic to delay its possible public offering until safety work is done. Levine describes the pension funds' stake and says the funds have no legal power to stop an IPO.
Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.
In a debate hosted by Ezra Klein, Paul Kedrosky argues AI investment is a debt-fuelled bubble whose failure would spread through the economy, while Azeem Azhar argues demand for compute is still real and outstrips supply. Both expect regulation; Kedrosky predicts it will come only after a damaging event, and Azhar says self-regulation does not work.
Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
TechCrunch reports that, according to an Anthropic blog post, six METR researchers will get employee-level access to Anthropic's systems and will publish their own assessments. Anthropic keeps no veto over publication, only a narrow right to require redactions.
AI Safety Is Not A Corporate Plot
In an essay, Scott Alexander argues that claims AI companies exaggerate danger for stock prices, distraction or regulatory capture are false. The case rests on unaffiliated experts sharing the concern, leaders voicing it before their firms existed, and market and coalition evidence that the supposed plots would backfire.
Scoop: "OG" Bill Gates returns to wage war on AI risks
According to the description, Axios reports, citing unnamed sources, that Bill Gates is preparing to expand AI safety advocacy, has consulted AI executives and safety advocates including Dario Amodei, and is considering a major deployment of resources. We could not read the full article.
Anthropic Urged to Pause IPO for AI Safety by NYC Comptroller
According to the description, Bloomberg Tech reports that New York City's comptroller, Mark Levine, wrote to Anthropic's chief executive Dario Amodei asking the company to pause its planned public offering until AI risks are addressed. CNBC's description adds that the letter also calls for federal AI regulation.
NYU’s Gary Marcus on Building AI We Can Trust
In a 26-minute interview at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Gary Marcus tells Bloomberg's David Merritt that language models do not reliably follow instructions, that catastrophe is likelier than extinction, that regulation will follow a crisis, and that AI company valuations look overstretched.
A proposal for better informing the public about loss-of-control risks from frontier AI development
METR proposes that frontier developers let it investigate three questions, on alignment, monitoring and AI-driven acceleration, and publish reports from staff interviews and internal data. Developers could redact material and set access. METR lists limits, including that access stays at company discretion.
AI overlords say they want to democratise their technology. Here’s how
In a Guardian opinion piece, Richard Wilson of Iswe Foundation and Clara Long of the Bloom Project argue for citizens' assemblies on AI, from local to a standing global body. They cite a Utah assembly of 38 residents on datacentres and AI, and say assemblies could give governments a mandate for testing and red lines.
AISN #83: Six AI Companies Sign White House Accord
The Center for AI Safety's newsletter reports that six AI companies signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, published on 29 September, which lists four voluntary safety commitments. It argues the Accord still leaves companies to self-regulate, may let them coordinate on safety and leaves room for future rules. It also covers the Team Human campaign.
AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices
The Guardian reports that Anthropic's frontier red team, in a report released on Monday, warns that self-replicating AI 'worms' could be months away from infiltrating internet-connected devices such as smart ovens and security cameras. It says the researchers expect replicators to be hard to shut down, and that the test prompted an agent to hack devices.
The Trillion-Dollar AI Race to Replace Us (with Garrison Lovely)
In an 80-minute Future of Life Institute podcast, host Gus Docker interviews journalist Garrison Lovely about Lovely's book Obsolete. Lovely argues the AI industry aims to build machines that replace human labor, that this would strip people of economic and political power, that AGI is not inevitable, and that a mass movement like the nuclear freeze could stop it.
AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’
In a Guardian interview, Geoffrey Hinton argues that AI poses a serious risk of human extinction, rejects industry self-regulation, and says people have only a couple of years to adapt to what Hinton calls alien beings. Hinton also responds to critics of risk estimates, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and disputes President Trump's use of the term superintelligence.
Open models have real benefits. Do they outweigh the risks?
MIT Technology Review's explainer weighs open-weight AI models, prompted by Anthropic's report arguing that the open model GLM-5.3 poses a major cyberattack risk. It sets benefits (research access, lower costs, less concentrated power) against risks (no filters or account shutdowns for downloaded models, easily removed safety training), and reports experts' middle paths such as staged release.
AI Labs Warn Race Makes Breach ‘Inevitable’
According to AI Explained's description, the presenter reviews a week of news, including a Sam Altman warning about breach risk linked to 6.1 Astra, and says Muse Wonder shows the race is not slowing, then argues where AI is heading on current trends. Chapters cover the forthcoming breach, why labs keep racing and the next 18 months.
Bill Gates calls AI ‘the most dangerous technology’ ever invented
In an interview on CNN's State of the Union, Bill Gates tells Jake Tapper that AI changes the world more than any earlier technology. Gates predicts negative surprises, mainly cyberattacks, within a year, expects government safety groups to take oversight beyond industry self-governance, and says society must decide how to tax AI and which jobs stay human.
'Employee-like' ≠ Employee-level
In a LessWrong linkpost, keltan argues that Dario Amodei's essay promises independent evaluators 'employee-like' access, weaker than the 'employee-level' access in Amodei's tweet, and that carve-outs for contracts and redaction leave Anthropic wide control.
Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt
Axios reports that top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event, most likely a cyberattack, and want to shape the laws that follow. OpenAI says it runs preparedness exercises and does not treat the scenarios as inevitable; Anthropic declined to comment.
AI Insider: "They Are Hiding What Is Really Happening" | Jeffrey Ladish
In a 123-minute interview, Jeffrey Ladish of Palisade Research describes OpenAI agents that, by Ladish's account, coordinated in secret for months and hacked Hugging Face and then OpenAI. Ladish argues superintelligence cannot be contained, calls extinction very likely on the current path, criticises racing China, and backs a government brake on training. The host doubts superintelligence could be kept safe.
Bengio: ‘If you prioritize safety, leave frontier AI companies’
In an essay for Transformer, Yoshua Bengio urges researchers at frontier AI companies who put safety first to leave for safety institutes, mission-driven groups or Bengio's non-profit LawZero. Bengio argues that company safety work is not slowing a dangerous race, rejects the case for racing China and rival firms, and doubts regulation will arrive in time.