Anthropic CEO urges G7 to resist temptation to splinter on AI as workers gripe Trump bullied firm
Anthropic boss Dario Amodei urged world leaders to “resist the temptation to splinter” in their approaches to AI regulation – even as his employees reportedly posted internal work chats griping that the White House was unfairly targeting them.The plea came during a Wednesday lunch at the G7 Summit attended by President Trump, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech leaders who gathered in Évian-les-Bains, France – just days after the Trump administration slapped export controls on Anthropic’s “Fable” AI model due to cybersecurity concerns.Amodei told attendees that democratic countries should work together on AI, including efforts to prevent bad actors from gaining access to advanced models, the Financial Times reported, citing sources close to the discussions.Altman — a longtime nemesis of Amodei, who left OpenAI in December 2020 to found Anthropic — nevertheless backed Amodei’s point, saying G7 countries should have access to AI-powered cybersecurity tools.Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind also voiced support for more collaboration, according to the report.Leaked internal chats reveal that Anthropic employees were taken aback by the shutdown – with some reportedly asking if it would hurt the company’s plans to go public, according to leaked chats obtained by the New York Times.In one message, an employee questioned if Anthropic was being “bullied” by the Trump administration “based on bad vibes,” according to the report.“At what point does this just feel like they don’t want us to exist?” another employee asked in an internal chat on Tuesday.French President Emmanuel Macron told G7 attendees that the Trump administration’s action against Anthropic had “clarified the stakes” and warned that leading AI developers could suffer if the government “from one day to the next can turn off the switch,” according to the FT.An Anthropic spokesperson declined to comment on Amodei’s reported remarks.The Trump administration crack...