The CEO of Anthropic on Monday expressed concern over the approach to exporting restrictions on Advanced AI Chips of the Trump administration, which advocates strict control as the company finds its presence in Washington.
Dario Amodi, the vocal chief executive officer of the AI firm, warned that some government officials are doing wrong things on the Chip Export Control, underlining the national security concerns.
“One who sometimes bothers me, I think there are some elements of the government, some government officials who are not aware, who still think that it is an economic race to spread our technology in different parts of the world, and the world has not tried to create the most powerful technology ever,” Amodi has said in DC on Monday.
“Under those conditions, I really feel that the best thing is to talk openly,” he said. “We need to have an open debate. Because I think some elements of the government are not available, and it is doing absolutely wrong, such as doing wrong things on chip export control.”
Initially after restricting China’s chip sales, the Trump administration reversed the course, allowing Nvidia and AMD to sell Beijing to sell high-end chips. The industry has underlined that these are not its most advanced chips, while debating on sales is important to keep China dependent on American technology.
President Trump has made American technology a major center of its AI agenda, which is calling for the development of full-stack AI export packages in his action plan in July.
However, Amodi argued for a more vigilant approach to chip exports.
He said on Monday, “Imagine that you were to demolish a country in Genius and put it under control of one of the existing states, you were kept under the control of the United States, or you will put it under the control of China or Russia.”
“I think the world will go in very different directions if you do these two tasks. And I think we have strong interest in the interest of this country, and I will argue in the interest of humanity, that it should be here and not there. Chips are a single component where we have the most benefits,” Amodi said.
Kate Jensen, head of the company’s sales and participation, also took a swing in the administration’s chip policy.
“American companies such as anthropic and other laboratories are actually pushing the front of what is possible with AI,” she said. “But other countries, especially China, we are moving faster than adoption. They are integrating AI in large -scale government services, industrial processes and civil interactions.”
“We cannot take the risk of developing the world’s most powerful technology and then deploying it,” Jensen continued. “This will be like developing semiconductor technology and giving all chips to other countries.”
Athropic has played a unique role in the AI landscape, as Amodi has become a major voice within the industry, which looks as possible consequences of AI development.
In addition to advocating strong chip export control, he also called for efforts to “blow up” transparency requirements for the AI model and a “cushion” of potential job displacement. He has earlier warned that technology can eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs.
