Dario Amodei
Role at the time: Co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic speaking to CBS News.
Defended or excused
Responding to
Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
“Every generation of models that we release needs to be properly tested.”
Why we used this label
Amodei supports the case proposition by calling for model testing, outside evaluation and shared governance. His rejection of a complete ban addresses a different policy that this proposition does not require.
Dario Amodei discusses AI testing and governance with CBS News (opens in a new tab)Interview transcript, statements on testing, a kill switch, and joint governance
CBS News interview with Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, broadcast September 13 and updated on the site September 14. He supports testing and oversight for increasingly capable models while rejecting a complete ban.