Who is Dario Amodei, the Anthropic CEO pushing independent AI oversight?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes artificial intelligence (AI) companies need the help of independent outside watchdogs to safeguard their developing technologies. But one of the organizations he believes could do the job, METR, is closely connected to the same AI safety community that has ties to Anthropic's start.

Many of its leading figures have ties to a movement called "effective altruism (EA)" — the belief that evidence and careful reasoning can help maximize the good that companies...