Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Takes a Shot at Sam Altman's AI Safety Record

Amodei's critique echoes a broader tension inside the AI industry. Several former OpenAI employees have publicly questioned whether the company has moved too fast to deploy powerful models without adequate safeguards. OpenAI has said it follows a rigorous internal review process before releasing new systems.

Anthropic raised $7.5 billion in a funding round earlier this year, valuing the company at $18.4 billion. The company's Claude family of large language models competes directly with OpenAI's GPT series. Both companies are racing to develop more capable systems while navigating an increasingly active regulatory environment.

Amodei said he does not view the competition as personal. "It's not about individuals," he said. "It's about what kind of AI gets built and who gets to decide how it's deployed."

The interview did not include a response from Altman or OpenAI. A spokesperson for OpenAI did not immediately return a request for comment.

Anthropic and DeepMind CEOs have separately pushed for U.S.-led AI rules at the G7 summit, arguing that international coordination is needed to prevent a race to the bottom on safety standards.