Anthropic leadership argues that AI development is advancing faster than legal and regulatory frameworks governing its use.
Amodei warned that emerging technology could enable new forms of data analysis or operational automation that society has not yet fully regulated.
Mass surveillance remains a primary concern. The company believes government agencies could potentially combine privately sourced data with advanced machine learning analytics.
On autonomous weaponry, Anthropic does not categorically oppose the technology but believes reliability and accountability challenges remain unresolved.
“We don’t want to sell something that we don’t think is reliable, and we don’t want to sell something that could get our own people killed or that could get innocent people killed,” Amodei said.
He added that responsibility for decisions made by fully autonomous weapons is still legally and morally ambiguous.
U.S. defense officials have argued that technological competition, particularly with rival global powers, requires rapid innovation.
