Anthropic was supposed to be a ‘safe’ alternative to OpenAI, but CEO Dario Amodei admits his company struggles to balance safety with profits

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei defected from OpenAI partly because he thought it wasn’t focusing enough on safety, but now his own company is fighting to balance its founding mission with commercial pressure.

In an interview with podcast host Dwarkesh Patel, Dario Amodei emphasized that Anthropic faces the same pressure as its competitors to keep innovating and ultimately become profitable 

“We’re under an incredible amount of commercial pressure and make it even harder for ourselves...