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July 28, 2026

Anthropic's Amodei rejects open-weights ban, pushes chip controls and mandatory AI safety testing

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X-Risk Daily

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Transformative AI
Anthropic's Amodei rejects open-weights ban, pushes chip controls and mandatory AI safety testing
Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, published a formal statement on 27 July setting out the company's position on open-weights artificial intelligence, aiming to end days of criticism from developers and open-source advocates who accused the lab of quietly favouring restrictions on rivals.

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