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Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei
The latest news and top stories on Dario Amodei. An American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur, he is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anthropic, an AI safety and research company known for its Claude large language models. Previously, he served as Vice President of Research at OpenAI, where he was instrumental in developing GPT-2 and GPT-3. With a PhD in physics, Amodei is a prominent advocate for responsible AI development, focusing on interpretability and steerable systems. He has warned about AI's potential to displace white-collar jobs and emphasises building safe, trustworthy AI. His work reflects a commitment to mitigating AI risks.
Anthropic’s strong anti-China stance has increased the possibility that the US could use Mythos-type models to conduct cyberattacks against China, according to a cybersecurity expert. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

From scepticism to concern: Mythos panic is slowly starting to reach China

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on its influential social media account that Mythos showed ‘unprecedented cyberattack capabilities’.

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United States

White House and Anthropic CEO discuss working together amid Mythos AI fears

Technology

Opinion | AI pessimism is a luxury the Global South cannot afford

Artificial intelligence

China warns US against letting AI ‘determine life and death’ on battlefield

China believes that human primacy must be upheld in military applications of AI, defence ministry spokesman says.

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US Forces strike Iranian military targets in “Operation Epic Fury”. A Chinese defence spokesman says widespread use of AI in war could “erode ethical constraints and accountability in wars”. Photo: Handout
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Anthropic sues Trump administration as row over AI use by military deepens

The Pentagon blacklisted the start-up after it refused to let its technology be used for fully autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance.

United States

Anthropic vows to sue US after Trump tells government to stop using firm’s AI

The start-up has refused to let its models be used for the mass surveillance of US citizens or deployed in fully autonomous weapons systems.

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Opinion | Who will save the world from a US-China AI arms race?

Unrestrained military AI could doom us all. The window for a global middle-power alliance to rein in the superpowers is closing fast.

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The logo of the US AI company Anthropic. The US and China now face a prisoner’s dilemma in military AI. Photo: AFP
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Trump’s decision to sell AI chips to China under pressure as House bill advances

A key Republican challenges White House AI czar and Nvidia despite Maga backlash; it must still pass both chambers and get Trump’s signature.

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Artificial intelligence

AI shaping world’s biggest infrastructure buildout: Nvidia CEO

Each country should build their own AI system, incorporating its own language and culture into the AI models, Huang says at the WEF in Davos.

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Artificial intelligence

Microsoft makes US$17.5 billion pledge for AI cloud in India

The country of 1.45 billion people is increasingly drawing the attention of AI power brokers as a market and a source of talent and data.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (left) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Microsoft via AP
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Opinion | Will AI kill the middle class?

When the creators of a new technology warn that it could destroy the primary engine of global growth of the past half a century, it’s worth paying attention.

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Visitors to the AI and Robotics Fest at the Hong Kong Productivity Council building in Kowloon Tong are reflected on the head of a humanoid robot, on November 10. Photo: Karma Lo
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Anthropic commits US$50 billion to build AI data centres in US

The start-up plans to build data centres in Texas, New York and other locations in partnership with UK firm Fluidstack.

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Tech war: ByteDance drops Claude after Anthropic restricts China access

ByteDance-backed coding app Trae reassures users after they complain of losing low-cost access to top AI coding model.

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My Take | America’s billionaire tech bros are bringing us closer to the end times

Whether it’s the Antichrist, the eugenic need to propagate smart babies to colonise Mars, or Cold War rhetoric against China, they are imposing eccentric and often dangerous ideas on the public.

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic’s ‘anti-China’ stance triggers exit of star AI researcher

Chinese researcher Yao Shunyu joins Google DeepMind after Anthropic labels China as an ‘adversarial nation’.

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Yao Shunyu left Anthropic after it labelled China as an “adversarial nation”. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic’s Claude restrictions put overseas AI tools backed by China in limbo

Amid the confusion, some Chinese AI companies have taken the opportunity to woo disgruntled users.

Artificial intelligence

As AI eliminates entry-level roles, coding boot camps are on decline

Coding boot camps have been a Silicon Valley mainstay for years, but the entry-level developer roles they train for are rapidly disappearing.

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