Anthropic's Amodei Calls for AI Regulation While Critics Warn of Regulatory Capture

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy essay titled 'Policy on the AI Exponential,' arguing that AI will soon deliver humanity 'almost unimaginable power' and that governments must be able to test, gate, and block frontier models before deployment. His proposed framework includes mandatory third-party testing, authorized evaluators, security standards, and government authority to halt deployments that fail safety checks. Critics, including Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, argue the proposal amounts to regulatory capture, warning that compute-based thresholds would burden smaller developers and open-source projects far more than well-resourced labs like Anthropic. The debate coincides with a separate industry development: Coinbase reportedly cut its AI spending by nearly half through open models, smarter routing, and better caching. Together, the two events highlight a growing tension between the consolidating power of frontier AI labs and the expanding accessibility of lower-cost, open alternatives.

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