Co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic.
Case
Jon Ossoff urges inspections, legislation and an AI treaty; Donald Trump says existing federal powers are sufficient. Their opposing positions raise a concrete question: should Washington add safeguards for frontier AI?
Role at the time: Co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic speaking to CBS News.
Responding to
Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
“Every generation of models that we release needs to be properly tested.”
Mixed or conditional because Amodei supports testing, outside evaluation, and joint governance while explicitly rejecting a complete ban on AI.
Statement dates: September 13, 2026
Statement dates: September 13, 2026
