Dario Amodei calls for industry-wide AI standards at Dreamforce
Chief executive of Anthropic in an on-stage interview
“Let’s organize the rest of the industry and say, ‘What can we do to set standards for everyone?’”
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Politico report datelined San Francisco, timestamped 5:27 PM ET on September 15, 2026 and updated at 7:08 PM. Covers the Dreamforce megaconference hosted by Marc Benioff, at which Huang, Amodei and Altman each spoke.
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Benioff asked Amodei to describe the state of the AI industry and its pacing. Amodei's weekend calls to slow development had set off the argument that this exchange belongs to.
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Politico described Amodei's answer as the other side of the coin from Huang's accelerationist approach. Huang spoke minutes later and rejected new laws.
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Case context: Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
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The case proposition is that Washington should impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI. Amodei supports binding common standards over individual discretion, consistent with his earlier calls for testing and oversight.
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