On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
Anthropic CEO
9 things Dario Amodei said, verbatim, from August 17, 2026 to September 24, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Positions
Supports
“the more long-term thing would be working together to put a speed limit on the rate of AI progress.”
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Others on this question
“So let's not be foolish about this and just hand the whole ball game to China.”
Supports
“We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.”
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Others on this question
would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action.
“Dario is right”
“we need to pace the frontier”
More on the record
Posted it themselves
“Today we announced the Claude-led discovery of a molecular machine that we suspect could represent a new gene editing mechanism. Its precise function, biotechnological utility (if any), or level of significance is not yet clear, but at minimum it is work I would have been proud”[post continues]
on Claude's role in discovering a possible new gene editing mechanism
As printed
“I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence — not just investing in risk prevention, but pacing the rate of capabilities advancement so that risk prevention has time to keep up.”
As printed
“it's my worry that in 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage)”
on a future AI swarm potentially seizing the internet via a massive botnet
As printed
“But in my opinion, a swarm that possessed greater capabilities but a similar level of misalignment could have caused catastrophic damage.”
on a contained AI incident showing how a more capable swarm could turn catastrophic
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Posted it themselves
“We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so. Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our”[post continues]
on Anthropic's plan to slow AI development and let outside evaluators monitor its systems
As printed
“I think that ordinary people don’t trust companies, governments, or the tech industry and always suspect that we are cooking up some new way to screw them over.”
on public distrust of AI companies predating his own warnings about AI risk
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As printed
“I think by far the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that we haven’t yet delivered on our big promises to benefit the world”
on AI companies not yet delivering on their promised benefits to the world
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