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Dario Amodei defends Anthropic's safety strategy against criticism

·2026.10.22 09:00

Key point

Amodei cites nine costly decisions, including delaying Mythos-class models and restricting sales to PRC-controlled companies, to counter claims of safety failures.

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  • Dario Amodei responds to criticism from Nathan Calvin, arguing that Anthropic's pro-safety actions, which often incurred commercial costs, far outweigh the cited mistakes.
  • Key safety measures include delaying the general availability of Mythos-class models from February to June to allow for cyber safeguards, and maintaining strict biological safeguards that resulted in significant false positives.
  • Anthropic has restricted AI service sales to PRC-controlled companies and advocated for export controls on chips to China, forfeiting short-term business for national security and safety reasons.
  • The company recently announced a public benefit fund comprising 5% of the company, and Amodei acknowledges that some communication errors occurred but maintains that the overall strategy of a 'race to the top' remains sound.
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