Washington, Sept. 24 -- US President Donald Trump's allies are increasingly targeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over his warnings about the risks of artificial intelligence, while also attacking the effective altruism movement with which some early Anthropic figures have been associated.
The campaign against Amodei comes as the Trump administration and its allies push for rapid AI development and oppose calls to slow the technology's progress. The dispute could put Anthropic under renewed political pressure as the company prepares for an expected major initial public offering, reports Axios.
A memo circulating in Washington early this week seeks to portray effective altruism as a fringe movement that is out of step with mainstream Americ...