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Dario Amodei

Co-founder & CEO

About

Runs Anthropic; among the most safety-forward frontier-lab CEOs and a frequent voice on catastrophic-risk preparedness in policy circles.

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  • Paul Krugman — Writer and economist, Independent newsletter / Substack

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Jun 25, 2026 — Krugman cites Amodei's Axios interview warning AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs and drive unemployment to 20%, arguing this fueled AI backlash and was partly a fundraising strategy.

  • Parmy Olson — Technology columnist, Bloomberg Opinion

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Jun 15, 2026 — Contrasts Amodei's earlier warning that AI would eliminate 50%+ of entry-level jobs with his newer, rosier productivity framing; describes him as hard to access ('like finding a rare butterfly') ahead of an Oxfordshire CEO gathering with Rishi Sunak.
    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 27, 2026 — Column on Anthropic's Claude/Mythos model rollout and customer unease ahead of Anthropic's IPO.

  • Matt Yglesias — Founder and writer, Slow Boring

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Jun 4, 2026 — Slow Boring piece engages with Amodei's recursive-self-improvement argument about AI curing cancer.
    • Social interactiondirectness unclassified · Nov 1, 2025 — Amodei's essay 'Policy on the AI Exponential' explicitly thanks Matt Yglesias, alongside Allan Dafoe and others, for comments and feedback on drafts.

  • Will Oremus — Technology columnist and reporter, The Washington Post

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 16, 2026 — Article references Amodei's trial testimony bearing on Altman's trustworthiness (per contemporaneous reporting on the same trial coverage).

  • Scott Galloway — Host, The Prof G Pod and Pivot; professor and entrepreneur, Prof G Media

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 8, 2026 — Quotes and pushes back on Amodei's warning that 50% of entry-level tech/legal/consulting/finance jobs will be wiped out within five years, and his earlier 'white-collar bloodbath' Axios remarks, framing them as fundraising narrative rather than data-backed forecasting.

  • Noah Smith — Writer, Noahpinion, Substack

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 5, 2026 — Contrasts Amodei's 'human obsolescence' messaging with Altman's newer optimism in a piece on AI industry PR shifts.
    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Aug 29, 2024 — Hosted Amodei on Econ 102 to discuss AI's moat, risk, and SB 1047.

  • Gerrit De Vynck — Tech reporter, AI, The Washington Post

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Apr 11, 2026 — Article (with Nitasha Tiku) reports Amodei has said he's open to Claude having some form of consciousness, in piece on Anthropic's meeting with Christian theologians.

  • Thomas Friedman — Foreign affairs columnist, The New York Times

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Apr 7, 2026 — Column covers Anthropic's restricted release of 'Claude Mythos Preview' and its 'Project Glasswing' initiative, describing the company's internal reasoning and safety trade-offs in depth (organization-level; Amodei not named directly in available excerpts).

  • Hans Nichols — Political reporter and newsletter author, Axios

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Mar 26, 2026 — Reports Amodei calling Sam Altman's "peacemaker" framing of the Pentagon dispute "straight up lies" in a leaked internal memo.
    • Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · Feb 26, 2026 — Article quotes Amodei saying there had been "virtually no progress" in Pentagon negotiations over Claude's use restrictions.

  • Derek Thompson — Writer and host, Plain English, Independent / The Ringer

    • Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · Mar 17, 2026 — Episode with Paul Kedrosky cites Amodei's prediction that only one-to-three major AI labs will survive.
    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Feb 13, 2026 — Quotes Amodei's May 2025 warning that AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs.

  • Charlie Sykes — Contributor and podcast host, The Bulwark

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Mar 3, 2026 — Sykes' newsletter piece praises Amodei's 'courage' in refusing unrestricted military/intelligence uses of Anthropic's AI, contrasting him with Sam Altman, drawing on Garry Kasparov's commentary.

  • Ben Thompson — Founder and writer, Stratechery, Stratechery

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Mar 2, 2026 — Essay analyzing Amodei's authority over Anthropic's models, the Department of War standoff, and Amodei's Davos comments on chip export policy to China.

  • Ben Smith — Editor-in-chief; co-host, Mixed Signals, Semafor

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Feb 22, 2026 — Smith characterizes Amodei (with Sam Altman) as a top-tier tech salesman who times big proclamations to fundraising cycles.

  • Cade Metz — Technology correspondent, The New York Times

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Feb 18, 2026 — Profile examining Amodei's AI-safety beliefs, his 10-25% extinction-risk comment, and Anthropic's Pentagon contract disputes (NYT original paywalled; content mirrored via DNYUZ).

  • Ross Douthat — Opinion columnist; podcast host, The New York Times

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Feb 12, 2026 — Douthat interviewed Amodei on Interesting Times about AI consciousness, model control, and rogue-AI risk; Douthat also promoted it on X.
    • Social interactiondirectness unclassified · Feb 9, 2026 — Douthat tweeted promoting his 'very timely A.I. conversation with the head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei.'

  • Mike Allen — Co-founder and executive vice president; author, Axios AM, Axios

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jan 26, 2026 — Axios coverage of Amodei's warning that AI will 'test us as a species,' tied to his essay and Axios conversation.
    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Sep 27, 2025 — Allen and VandeHei interviewed Amodei on AI's impact on entry-level white-collar jobs.
    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 28, 2025 — Amodei told Axios AI could spike unemployment to 10-20% within one to five years.

  • Jim VandeHei — Co-founder and CEO, Axios

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Sep 27, 2025 — VandeHei column follow-up analyzing Amodei's jobs warnings and the broader AI jobs crisis.
    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Sep 17, 2025 — In the same Axios AI+ Summit interview, VandeHei got Amodei to give his 25% p(doom) figure and a warning that Congress would face 'a mob' without proper AI policy.
    • Social interactiondirectness unclassified · Sep 17, 2025 — VandeHei tweeted a clip of Amodei warning Congress it will 'get a mob coming for you' without proper AI action, from the Axios interview.
    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Sep 10, 2025 — VandeHei conducted an on-stage interview with Amodei and Jack Clark kicking off the Axios AI+ DC Summit 2025.
    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 28, 2025 — VandeHei and Mike Allen interviewed Amodei; he warned AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10-20%.

  • Kylie Robison — Senior correspondent, AI, Wired

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Jul 21, 2025 — Broke story on leaked internal Amodei memo discussing UAE/Qatar investment and the 'no bad person' principle; quoted extensively from Slack messages.
    • Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · May 23, 2025 — Reported Amodei's on-record comments at Anthropic's first developer conference about Trump's proposed 10-year ban on state AI regulation.

  • Anderson Cooper — Anchor, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 29, 2025 — Earlier CNN interview with Amodei on AI-driven white-collar job losses and support for taxing AI companies.

  • Karen Hao — Independent journalist and author of Empire of AI, Independent

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 20, 2025 — On the Diary of a CEO podcast, Hao discusses Amodei's departure from OpenAI over safety disagreements and his rhetoric as Anthropic CEO, drawing on her book's reporting.

  • Steven Levy — Editor at large, Wired

    • Quoted / citeddirectness unclassified · Mar 28, 2025 — Levy conducted multiple interviews with Amodei and sat in on internal Anthropic meetings for a Wired feature on the company's AGI-safety mission.

  • Casey Newton — Founder, Platformer; co-host, Hard Fork, Platformer

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Feb 28, 2025 — Newton co-hosted a full Hard Fork interview with Amodei on Claude 3.7, the AI race with China, and his hopes/fears for AI's next two years.

  • Kevin Roose — Technology columnist; co-host, Hard Fork, The New York Times

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Feb 28, 2025 — Hosted Amodei on Hard Fork for a wide-ranging interview on Claude 3.7 Sonnet, AI safety anxieties, and the US-China AI race.

  • Lex Fridman — Host, Lex Fridman Podcast, Independent

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Nov 11, 2024 — Hosted Amodei (with Amanda Askell and Chris Olah) for episode #452 covering Claude, AI safety, and AGI.

  • Nilay Patel — Editor-in-chief; host, Decoder, The Verge

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Oct 24, 2024 — Decoder episode built around discussion of Amodei's essay on superintelligence timelines and capabilities.

  • Ezra Klein — Opinion columnist; host, The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Apr 12, 2024 — Hour-plus interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on scaling laws and AI safety levels.

  • Teddy Schleifer — Founding partner and reporter, Puck

    • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Jan 1, 2024 — Puck piece on Anthropic's Pentagon contract tensions under Dario Amodei's leadership (exact date unconfirmed).