Amodei says Anthropic delayed wider Mythos access for safety

Dario Amodei defended Anthropic’s strategy of staying competitive to make AI safer in a lengthy response to a critic on X. According to The Next Web, he outlined nine decisions he said hurt the company commercially but improved safety. The New Stack reports that broader Mythos access was delayed from February until June.

• The critic was Encode AI chief strategy officer Nathan Calvin, according to The Next Web.

Covered by 3 publishers within 14 hours of the first report.

• The Next Web: Dario Amodei says Anthropic held Mythos back for four months for safety

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BI Business Insider Dario Amodei spent 2,000 words laying out to a critic on X why Anthropic must persist in the AI ‘race to the top’ · Aditi Bharade 2:54 AM

TNW The Next Web Dario Amodei says Anthropic held Mythos back for four months for safety · Ana Maria Constantin 9:30 AM

TNS The New Stack Amodei says Anthropic’s safety delay may have cost it an AI lead · Amanda Caswell 5:22 PM

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