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23 Sep 2026 |
Dario Amodei said he believes the field is at the very beginning of finding such RT systems and developing them into powerful tools for biotechnology.
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23 Sep 2026 |
Its precise function, biotechnological utility (if any), or level of significance is not yet clear, but at minimum it is work I would have…
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23 Sep 2026 |
Anthropic's lab is a BSL1/BSL2 facility that does not handle materials dangerous to humans.
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23 Sep 2026 |
We are also interested in these later stages, but even simply accelerating the first stage of fundamental biological discoveries has the…
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23 Sep 2026 |
Claude's discovery follows earlier work such as CRISPR, the bridge recombinase and VIPR, and involves a reverse transcriptase enzyme system.
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23 Sep 2026 |
Amodei said that "we" believe AI for biology is on an exponential trend similar to the one he described for AI in mathematics.
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23 Sep 2026 |
The first step is showing that AI can first help with, and then drive, biological discoveries.
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23 Sep 2026 |
Anthropic demonstrated that humans can work with AI to perform experiments and validate key results within a few weeks.
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23 Sep 2026 |
The discovery was done mostly by Claude: Anthropic's life sciences team suggested a research area, Claude analysed literature and genome data and proposed experiments, and the team ran them.
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23 Sep 2026 |
AI performance in new intellectual domains has repeatedly gone from weak to superhuman within a few years.
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23 Sep 2026 |
Anthropic announced on 2026-09-23 a Claude-led discovery of a molecular machine that may represent a new gene editing mechanism.
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23 Sep 2026 |
In his essay Machines of Loving Grace, Dario Amodei wrote that AI could "cure most diseases in 5-10 years".
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23 Sep 2026 |
Eventually Claude may be able to safely perform experiments itself by autonomously controlling lab equipment, which Anthropic is not doing today.
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23 Sep 2026 |
The main difference between biology and mathematics, of course, is that math can be done purely theoretically, while biology requires…
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23 Sep 2026 |
We think this is wrong.
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23 Sep 2026 |
If AI-driven biological discovery succeeds, it could greatly increase the number of promising drug candidates entering the pipeline without shortening clinical trial times.
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23 Sep 2026 |
I’m proud of the resources Anthropic has invested in accelerating the public benefits of AI through the life sciences, and we’re aiming…
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23 Sep 2026 |
AI models struggled with high-school math in 2023, did well on top high-school competitions in 2024, solved minor open problems in 2025, more significant ones in early 2026, and in late 2026 are beginning to solve top open problems in mathematics.
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13 Sep 2026 |
This is the toughest dilemma. This is the toughest aspect of our situation.
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13 Sep 2026 |
One, the idea that we would never get the incredible benefits, never get the medical cures, that doesn't sit right with me.
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13 Sep 2026 |
"The AI kill switch could be a good idea," Amodei said. "But I don't think banning it, completely banning it, is the right approach.
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13 Sep 2026 |
Whenever anyone builds an AI model, there's a third-party evaluator who can verify whether that company is following the safety practices…
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13 Sep 2026 |
My view here is, it has always been very strange that this technology is being built by a private company,
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13 Sep 2026 |
But I think a combination of democratically-elected governments, I don't know about handing over, but some kind of oversight, some kind of…
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13 Sep 2026 |
I won't lie to you – there are real dangers,
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13 Sep 2026 |
It doesn't mean we need to panic today. It doesn't mean we need to shut it all down. But I would say it's a warning sign. It's a warning…
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13 Sep 2026 |
I don't think I fully just appreciated what it would actually be like when the progress was as fast as it was.
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13 Sep 2026 |
And the strangest thing about it is, I agree with them. I'm uncomfortable.
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13 Sep 2026 |
To the right combination of governments.
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13 Sep 2026 |
It doesn't mean that. What it means is that we need to make sure that every generation of models that we release is properly tested.
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13 Sep 2026 |
The more long-term thing would be working together to put a speed limit on the rate of AI progress,
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And honestly, I don't know if it's possible, but we should try.
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13 Sep 2026 |
The worry I have – I am concerned that one single government could abuse this technology just as easily as a single company could.
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12 Sep 2026 |
And I think for too long the industry lied to people about the fact that this technology had risks.
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AI policy and governance |
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12 Sep 2026 |
Anthropic commits unilaterally to the first step of the plan: giving third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems.
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12 Sep 2026 |
If AI is built in the wrong way, the probability of something bad happening is very high.
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AI safety and alignment |
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12 Sep 2026 |
If left unchecked, AI's ability to improve itself and build the next generation of AI could outrun humans' ability to understand and control these systems.
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12 Sep 2026 |
International cooperation to put a speed limit on AI progress will be very difficult because incentives and military advantage are so large.
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12 Sep 2026 |
If AI is built in the right way, the probability of something bad happening is very low.
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12 Sep 2026 |
Dario Amodei has published a new essay, "We Must Pace the Frontier", arguing the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan.
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12 Sep 2026 |
This AI technology will be built in other countries, including authoritarian countries.
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12 Sep 2026 |
“I believe that if slowing down bought us even an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and we used that…
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16 Aug 2026 |
By contrast I think the right ‘rules of the road’ can simultaneously (a) address AI’s cyber/bio/alignment risks, (b) institutionally…
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16 Aug 2026 |
We try very hard to make proposals that disadvantage (slow down) frontier AI companies while *advantaging* smaller competitors,
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16 Aug 2026 |
That is totally on us, and I think it’s the criticism you should be making, instead of all this stuff about messaging and marketing.
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I know that there’s a sort of Silicon Valley shorthand where regulation = regulatory capture = concentration of power, but I’ve always…
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16 Aug 2026 |
I think that ordinary people don’t trust companies, governments, or the tech industry and always suspect that we are cooking up some new…
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16 Aug 2026 |
this is a big problem.
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16 Aug 2026 |
I think it is fundamentally a crisis of trust,
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16 Aug 2026 |
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…
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16 Aug 2026 |
Many people outside this bubble think of regulation as something that constrains corporate power and benefits ordinary people.
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16 Aug 2026 |
The public has a negative view of AI.
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16 Aug 2026 |
open-weights do help some with this but are nowhere near a sufficient solution because they simply shift the concentration somewhat to…
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AI is *structurally* a technology that tends to concentrate power
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15 Aug 2026 |
I think the right “rules of the road” can simultaneously (a) address AI’s cyber/bio/alignment risks, (b) institutionally constrain the…
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We try very hard to make proposals that disadvantage (slow down) frontier AI companies while *advantaging* smaller competitors.
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15 Aug 2026 |
This hurts the business interests of the frontier labs and helps challengers, including open-weights!
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15 Aug 2026 |
At their best, institutions can vest power in ideas rather than people, and thereby decentralize that power.
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15 Aug 2026 |
The approach that the Trump administration is reported to be taking — pre-deployment testing for frontier models, and also testing of…
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15 Aug 2026 |
I do not think that the events of the last few months have “failed to result in [my] preferred regulatory path”.
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15 Aug 2026 |
The "Pacing the Frontier" letter, in Anthropic's preferred implementation, envisions modulating the pace of the best models without constraining those catching up.
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15 Aug 2026 |
I don’t usually spend much time on social media but I wanted to engage here because it really brings out the heart of an important…
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Open-weights do help some with this but are nowhere near a sufficient solution because they simply shift the concentration somewhat to…
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15 Aug 2026 |
This is why Anthropic has always made its policy proposals very carefully.
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15 Aug 2026 |
Overall my view is that AI is *structurally* a technology that tends to concentrate power, for reasons that have nothing to do with…
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15 Aug 2026 |
California's SB 53 and SB 1047 completely exempt companies below a revenue or training-cost threshold ($500M for SB 53), and Anthropic supported SB 53 and was ambivalent on SB 1047.
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15 Aug 2026 |
I know that there’s a sort of Silicon Valley shorthand where regulation = regulatory capture = concentration of power, but I’ve always…
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15 Aug 2026 |
The AI testing process Anthropic has advocated at CAISI and the White House involves more rigorous tests for frontier models than for off-frontier models.
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AI policy and governance |
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15 Aug 2026 |
Around February 2026, most of the AI industry was pushing for federal preemption of all state AI regulation, with no apparent federal approach.
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15 Aug 2026 |
I think that “either concentrate it in the hands of a chosen few companies and politicians via regulation or distribute it widely” is a…
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15 Aug 2026 |
I am also supportive of Demis Hassabis’ ideas around a FINRA-like entity.
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10 Jun 2026 |
On 2026-06-10 Dario Amodei published a new essay titled Policy on the AI Exponential.
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10 Jun 2026 |
The essay lays out where I think the technology is now, and the action needed to close the gap:
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10 Jun 2026 |
AI is progressing extremely fast—much faster than the policy process was built to handle.
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7 Apr 2026 |
Many of the world's leading companies have joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing to confront the cyber threat posed by increasingly capable AI systems.
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28 Feb 2026 |
we're committed to standing up to-- you know, actions that we think are not in line with the values of this country.
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28 Feb 2026 |
We're not doing it, you know, for the sake of Pentagon officials.
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28 Feb 2026 |
We are trying to do whatever we can to support U.S. national security.
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28 Feb 2026 |
Amodei said that, for their part, they have two red lines and have had them from day one.
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28 Feb 2026 |
we're still trying to reach a deal with them.
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28 Feb 2026 |
we haven't had that conversation yet.
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28 Feb 2026 |
we are patriots. In everything we have done here, we have stood up for the values of this country.
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28 Feb 2026 |
To Anthropic's knowledge, no one in the field has run into the limits of its two usage exceptions.
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28 Feb 2026 |
we've been studiously evenhanded.
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28 Feb 2026 |
Anthropic has been the most forward-leaning of all AI companies in working with the U.S. government and military.
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AI policy and governance |
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28 Feb 2026 |
A supply chain risk designation has never before been applied to an American company.
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28 Feb 2026 |
We are willing to provide our models to all branches of the government, including the Department of War, the intelligence community,
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28 Feb 2026 |
As of the interview, Anthropic had received only a tweet and no formal supply chain designation or government action.
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AI policy and governance |
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28 Feb 2026 |
The Pentagon gave Anthropic an ultimatum to agree to its terms within three days or be designated a supply chain risk.
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28 Feb 2026 |
the judicial interpretation of the Fourth Amendment has not caught up.
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28 Feb 2026 |
Anthropic was the first AI company to put its models on the classified cloud.
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28 Feb 2026 |
It's not about any particular person. It's not about any particular administration. It's about the principle of standing up for what's…
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28 Feb 2026 |
we'll do everything we can to support the Department of War to provide its technology for as long as it takes to off-board us
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28 Feb 2026 |
it's very hard to interpret this in any way other than punitive.
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28 Feb 2026 |
We are still-- you know, we are still advocating for those red lines. We're not gonna move on those red lines.
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28 Feb 2026 |
The amount of computation going into AI models doubles every four months.
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28 Feb 2026 |
The law does not say that any company with a military contract can't do business with Anthropic at all, and Anthropic issued a statement pointing to the law.
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28 Feb 2026 |
If we can get to the point with the department where, you know, where, you know, we can see things the same way, then perhaps there could…
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28 Feb 2026 |
Anthropic will be fine, and the impact of the supply chain risk designation on it will be fairly small.
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28 Feb 2026 |
Domestic mass surveillance does not help the U.S. catch up with its adversaries.
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