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Time of India
7 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Anthropic CEO rejects Nvidia CEO Jensen Haung's AI remarks: ‘That's the most outrageous lie I've ever….'
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has responded to Jensen Huang 's previous remarks, stating his words are 'outrageous'. "I've said nothing that anywhere near resembles the idea that this company should be the only one to build the technology," Amodei said, adding "'[=It's just an incredible and bad faith distortion." Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The feud started in June when the Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he disagreed with "almost everything" Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said. Speaking at the Viva Tech conference earlier this year, Huang accused Amodei of believing AI is so dangerous that only his company should be allowed to build it — an idea Huang described as unrealistic and monopolistic. "AI is so incredibly powerful that everyone will lose their jobs, which explains why they should be the only company building it," Huang then said of Amodei's thinking. In a latest episode of the "Big Technology" podcast hosted by Alex Kantrowitz, Anthropic CEO said 'I've never said anything like that', adding 'That's the most outrageous lie I've ever heard.' Dario Amodei said that he didn't know where "anyone could ever derive that from anything that I've said." Amodei insisted that in a "race to the bottom," AI companies rush to launch new features without enough safety checks, which puts everyone at risk. In contrast, his approach is a "race to the top," where the most responsible and ethical AI companies lead the way, setting higher standards for the entire industry. "I've said multiple times, and I think Anthropic's actions have shown it, that we're aiming for something we call a race to the top," he added. In a related news, Dario Amodei warned employees against massive salary increases from competitors like Meta, stating it could "destroy" the company's culture. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Speaking on the Big Technology Podcast, Amodei revealed that when Meta and other tech giants began targeting Anthropic engineers with lucrative offers, he sent a clear message to staff: the company would not compromise its compensation principles. "What they are doing is trying to buy something that cannot be bought," Amodei said, explaining that many employees rejected external offers and some "wouldn't even talk to ." The CEO emphasized that Anthropic maintains a level-based compensation system where negotiations aren't permitted, calling it a matter of fairness.
Business Insider
7 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei fires back at Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's criticism, calling it a 'bad faith distortion'
There's a new AI feud brewing. Two of the industry's biggest bosses clearly don't see eye to eye, and they've volleyed criticisms at each other in interviews. In June, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that he disagreed with "almost everything" Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said. Now, Amodei has fired back with criticism of his own. On the "Big Technology" podcast, host Alex Kantrowitz brought up Huang's past statements, characterizing the Nvidia CEO as saying Amodei "thinks he's the only one who can build this safely," and thus "wants to control the entire industry." "I've never said anything like that," Amodei said. "That's the most outrageous lie I've ever heard." Kantrowitz apologized if he misquoted Huang. "The words are correct and the words are outrageous," Amodei responded. Huang's exact words were that Amodei "believes that AI is so scary that only they should do it." At the VivaTech Conference in June, Huang criticized Amodei's vision of a resulting white collar jobs bloodbath. "AI is so incredibly powerful that everyone will lose their jobs, which explains why they should be the only company building it," Huang said of Amodei's thinking. On the podcast, Amodei said that he didn't know where "anyone could ever derive that from anything that I've said." "I've said multiple times, and I think Anthropic's actions have shown it, that we're aiming for something we call a race to the top," Amodei said. In a "race to the bottom," AI competitors compete to push out as many features as quickly as possible, Amodei said. In that case, "everybody loses" because the system is unsafe. But in Amodei's model, "everyone wins" because the safest, most ethical AI company sets the standard. In a statement to Business Insider, an Nvidia spokesperson wrote that it supports "safe, responsible, and transparent AI," and that "thousands of startups and developers in our ecosystem and the open-source community are enhancing safety." "Lobbying for regulatory capture against open source will only stifle innovation, make AI less safe and secure, and less democratic. That's not a 'race to the top' or the way for America to win," the Nvidia spokesperson said. In May, Anthropic asked the US government to consider testing to "evaluate both domestic and foreign AI models for potential national security implications." In a June op-ed, Amodei wrote against the idea of a regulatory moratorium, saying that "the White House and Congress should work together on a transparency standard for A.I. companies." On the podcast, Amodei gave some examples of his company leading the "race to the top." Anthropic introduced responsible scaling policies, which other companies replicated, Amodei said. Anthropic also releases its interpretability research for public viewing. As for Huang's claim that he's using safety as a ploy for market dominance, Amodei strongly disagreed. "I've said nothing that anywhere near resembles the idea that this company should be the only one to build the technology," Amodei said. "It's just an incredible and bad faith distortion."
CNBC
31-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Markets will give megacap tech capex leeway after strong earnings, says Big Technology's Kantrowitz
Requisite Capital's Bryn Talkington, Odyssey Capital's Jason Snipe and Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss takeaways from tech earnings, if tech companies will overshoot demand and much more.
CNBC
28-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
As Anthropic goes, so goes the generative AI trade, says Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz, Big Technology founder, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss Kantrowitz' thoughts on Anthropic, the ways to think about AI models and much more.
CNBC
07-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Musk-backed party would be doomed by his unfavorability, says Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz
CNBC's Steve Kovach joins the "Closing Bell" team along with Alex Kantrowitz, founder of Big Technology, to discuss Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's ongoing feud, the implications for Musk's companies and more.
