‘Like Selling Nuclear Weapons to North Korea:’ Anthropic CEO Criticizes Decision to Allow AI Chip Sales to China

Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI giant Anthropic, strongly opposes the United States’ decision to permit the sale of advanced AI chips to China, calling the move a serious national security mistake.

Bloomberg reports that Dario Amodei, Chief Executive Officer of Anthropic, delivered sharp criticism of recent United States policy changes that would allow the sale of sophisticated AI chips to China. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Amodei characterized the decision as having significant national security ramifications and warned against proceeding with such sales.

In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Amodei stated that permitting these chip sales would constitute a major error in judgment. “It would be a big mistake to ship these chips. I think this