'Either you betray your values, or you become irrelevant': Quote of the day
by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the emerging AI industry

Date:
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Description:
Amodei was OpenAI's vice president of research before leaving in 2021 to
start his own company, Anthropic

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The biggest publicly traded
tech companies in the world, commonly known as the "Mag 7" or magnificent seven may not be enjoying their stranglehold at the top of the US economy
for much longer. That's, of course, if the leaders of a swathe of new AI-centric tech firms, including OpenAI and Anthropic, have their say as they plan to IPO in the coming months. But positioning these businesses in the new big tech landscape has been a major challenge. "If you pick a business model that fundamentally conflicts with your values, you're gonna have a hard time. Either you betray your own values, or you become irrelevant It's far better
to pick a business model that's compatible with your values." Dario Amodei, June 2026 Ethics in AI The Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was reflecting on his history in the AI industry during an interview with Bloomberg that aired earlier this year. Quote of the day This article is part of TechRadar Pro's QOTD project to provide an insight into the minds of the brightest and most recognized figures in the technology industry today and in years gone by.
Read the full series here . In an exchange themed around the success of Anthropic's enterprise-centric AI tools like Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Amodei took the opportunity to opine on the nature of doing business and the importance of business models that align with your values. Latest Videos From Watch full video here:

Commenting that many in the tech industry prioritize models that tap into elements like engagement, advertising, and the promotion of AI slop, Amodei noted that compromising your own values is not a long-term and sustainable
way forward.

This is at least as far as he's concerned. That's why, he suggested, he's attempting to make Anthropic more "useful" to the world by targeting enterprise customers. You may like Quote of the day by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether [we] possess the maturity to wield it" warnings on
the looming threat of beyond-human AI JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Anthropic's AI model poses some serious risks Why Anthropics closed approach may be safer than OpenAIs Bad blood Amodei, an ex-OpenAI executive,
co-founded Anthropic in 2021 largely as a rejection of the values that drove OpenAI at the time and the paths the company had taken.

In particular, reports suggest that Amodei was frustrated and disturbed by
the willingness to bypass what he considered to be crucial safety measures, like the slowing of updates to prevent malicious use of AI. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get
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Critics of Anthropic, however, also point out that despite positioning itself as a safety-first AI company, engineers are releasing increasingly powerful models including Mythos lately that threaten to undermine safety if they
get into the wrong hands.



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