Anthropic’s AI Principles Make It a White House Target: Dave Lee (Correct)

On Tuesday, White House AI “czar” and venture capitalist David Sacks intensified a frustration that has been building for months. “Anthropic is running a sophisticated regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering,” he wrote on X, referring to the company behind leading AI chatbot Claude. “It is principally responsible for the state regulatory frenzy that is damaging the startup ecosystem.”

The post quoted Jack Clark, Anthropic’s British co-founder and head of policy. Clark, a former technology journalist, had shared an essay he wrote, “Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear,” which discussed how he was “deeply afraid” of AI’s trajectory. In a brief call on ...