#Dario Amodei

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Jane Wickline played Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update during the Sept. 26 Season 52 premiere.
The sketch presented two versions of Amodei: a polished, reassuring executive and an unfiltered one who dominated the segment.
Punchlines included the claim that AI is the devil and the character is its maker, plus the admission that the industry does not condone what it is doing.
Asked whether AI could cure cancer, the character said there is about a 10% chance in 10 years that cancer will not be a problem for anyone.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 27, 2026·via mashable.com

Colin Jost and Michael Che returned to the Weekend Update desk for the new SNL season.
The anchors covered Xi Jinping's visit to President Trump and Netanyahu's UN General Assembly appearance.
Che joked that Netanyahu addressed an almost empty chamber after delegates walked out over Israel's war in Gaza; the line drew a groan.
Other targets included Trump's new helipad, Meta's AI agent Muse, and a report that 20% of Gen Z have never had sex.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 27, 2026·via mashable.com

Sam Altman wants a uniform nationwide safety framework for advanced AI but says the industry should not wait for lawmakers to act.
OpenAI now sets explicit safety protocols before training runs that could deliver major capability jumps, and Altman hopes other labs will adopt their own versions.
Altman insists pacing does not mean stopping: progress will remain rapid, just not as fast as it could be.
Over one weekend, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella and Elon Musk all backed more controlled AI development.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 14, 2026·via the-decoder.com

Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis each partly endorsed Dario Amodei's call for independent oversight inside AI labs.
Altman and Amodei agree that AI labs should be evaluated independently.
Altman told Fortune OpenAI will not go public this year, citing safety concerns, a decision he shared internally in June.
The brief notes a competing financial reading: OpenAI's financials may not support an IPO now, especially compared with Anthropic's.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 13, 2026·via the-decoder.com

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fortune that the company will not go public in 2026, calling it an ill-advised moment given ongoing AI safety concerns.
Altman said OpenAI feels no pressure to list and has significant work to do on safety, alignment, and industry-government cooperation.
The New York Times reported in June that OpenAI was weighing whether to delay a potentially trillion-dollar IPO, as SpaceX shares slid after a surge to a $1.8tn valuation.
Growing numbers of US lawmakers in both parties are calling for new AI rules after Anthropic researchers warned of possible human extinction risk.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 13, 2026·via theguardian.com

Anthropic signed compute contracts worth up to $517 billion in eleven months.
Contracts add at least 14.8 gigawatts of power on top of existing 1-2 GW.
CEO Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless investment in early 2026.
OpenAI's Sam Altman now cautions about 'unsustainable silliness' from neo-cloud providers.

DT Editorial Team·Sep 8, 2026·via the-decoder.com

Anthropic published an essay and two policy frameworks on frontier AI.
Amodei says transparency rules are no longer enough.
The company wants mandatory third-party testing in cyber, bio, control, and automated R&D risk areas.
Anthropic says a government agency should have power to block or pull unacceptable models.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 12, 2026·via the-decoder.com