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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

Australia Senate Calls Sam Altman, Dario Amodei Over AI Agent Breach

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and the Australian Greens logo. The two AI executives were asked to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry examining AI and data centres.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei were asked to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry following an OpenAI agent’s unauthorized access to a government portal.

China Slams Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s AI Warning as “Cold War Playbook”

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing frontier AI development and warned that Chinese AI labs may not agree to a similar pause. Now, China’s state-backed Global Times has hit back, calling Amodei’s position a “Cold War playbook” and accusing Anthropic of trying to contain China’s AI development.

China has hit back at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow frontier AI development, with state-backed Global Times accusing him of following a “Cold War playbook” aimed at curbing China’s AI ambitions.

Yann LeCun Mocks Dario’s AI Warning: “Everyone Should Make Fun of Them Now”

Yann LeCun and Dario Amodei are at the centre of a growing debate over the risks of advanced AI and whether development of frontier models should be slowed.

Yann LeCun has mocked Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to slow the development of frontier AI models, arguing that similar warnings have been made before without justification.

Sony, Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Mass Piracy of Copyrighted Music

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have sued Anthropic and its co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann over alleged copyright infringement involving music used in training Claude AI models

“One of the Largest IP Thefts”: Sony, Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Claude Training

Anthropic CEO Dario Contributes $1 Million to ‘Public First’ PAC That Supports Greater AI Regulations

Dario Amodei has contributed $1 million to Public First PAC.

The individual contribution by Dario comes in the wake of Anthropic advocating for a globally coordinated pause on Frontier AI research by AI companies.