“In 10 years, all bets are off”—Anthropic CEO opposes decadelong freeze on state AI laws
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called a proposed 10-year moratorium on AI regulation “shortsighted and overbroad” in an article published in the New York Times, as it would prevent states from passing their own laws on the technology for that period.
Amodei also insisted that AI was developing too quickly for such a protracted freeze, and gave the example of the technology having the potential to “change the world fundamentally within two years.”
Amodei suggested that federal transparency standards should be introduced, requiring developers to publish their testing policies and safety measures, rather than giving blanket protection to AI companies from state regulation.
This would prevent a “worst of both worlds” situation, where the US is effectively unregulated, reinforcing his point that a decade-long moratorium would be too lengthy a period to prevent states from drawing up their own rules.
