Anthropic CEO: Government should have power to block dangerous AI deployments

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is arguing governments should have the power to block dangerous deployments of artificial intelligence if they don’t meet a certain safety standard.

Amodei’s latest assertion, published in an essay on his website Wednesday, builds upon the company’s pro-safety approach to AI, which has put them at odds with both its competitors and the Trump administration this year.

The technology leader suggested AI regulation should emulate the testing processes at agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration, writing, “Frontier AI models, like airplanes, should be required to go through technical testing and auditing.”

“Their release should be blocked or reversed as a threat to public safety if they do not meet high standards of safety,” Amodei added.

While lauding President Trump’s latest executive order on AI testing, Amodei said Anthropic is proposing “even further action” on AI regulation, including mandatory testing by a third-party auditor to check for risks related to cybersecurity, biological weapons, loss of control of AI systems, and automated research........

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