Comment by Daniela Amodei

President and co-founder of Anthropic.
The reason we chose fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance as the areas where we simply can't say yes is because the technology is so new that we do not believe the laws may be perfectly designed to account for how the technology could work.
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says Anthropic cannot say yes to fully autonomous weapons, directly bearing on banning autonomous lethal weapons. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Amodei's rejection of fully autonomous weapons strongly supports a ban; recorded answer 'for' matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Le Monde interview published July 2, 2026 identifies Daniela Amodei and reproduces this wording in her response on autonomous weapons. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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