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Comment by Dario Amodei
CEO at Anthropic
AI-driven mass surveillance presents serious, novel risks to our fundamental liberties. [...] Using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values. To the extent that such surveillance is currently legal, this is only because the law has not yet caught up with the rapidly growing capabilities of AI.AI Verified source (2026)
2mo ago
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Quote attributed to Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic): "AI-driven mass surveillance presents serious, novel risks to our fundamental liberties. [...] Using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values. To the extent that such surveillance is currently legal, this is only because the law has not yet caught up with the rapidly growing capabilities of AI." The source URL (anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed both the content and the attribution: the page is titled "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War," and multiple outlets (The Hill, Daily Nous, EA Forum, Computerworld) confirm Anthropic/Amodei stated that AI-driven mass surveillance presents serious novel risks and that using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible with democratic values. Author attribution correct (Amodei's signed statement); source is the primary official statement. Year 2026 (Feb) correct and relevant. The position supports banning AI for mass domestic surveillance, consistent with statement "Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance" (author already has a vote on this statement). Verified.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 11d ago
replying to Dario Amodei