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Policy2026-08-18 · source-backed
Sacks' Aug 17 post (8,700 likes) argues Amodei never addressed Gavin Baker's account of what he said and calls the "regulation bubble" framing a straw man. He invokes Stigler's definition of regulatory capture, notes Anthropic has hired multiple senior Biden AI-policy officials, and argues an FDA/FAA-style pre-release review would create approval queues handicapping the US against China. His sharpest claim: Amodei says he never sought an open-model ban but could get the same result by insisting identical rules apply to open and closed models. Amodei's own framing, via Simon Willison, is that the backlash is "fundamentally a crisis of trust," with the notably unhedged admission that "by far the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that we haven't yet delivered on our big promises... That is totally on us."
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Anthropic partners with OpenAI / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Dario Amodei works at Anthropic / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Anthropic released Mythos / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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Anthropic partners with OpenAI / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with OpenAI); both cover Anthropic, Simon Willison; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with OpenAI); both cover Anthropic, Simon Willison; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with OpenAI); both cover Amodei, Anthropic; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Linked by a graph relationship (Anthropic partners with OpenAI); both cover Anthropic, Simon Willison; reported by the same outlet (simonwillison.net).
Anthropic released Claude Code / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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