Anthropic's CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism
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Key Points:
- The U.S. administration recently approved the sale of Nvidia's H200 chips and AMD's chip line to approved Chinese customers, reversing an earlier ban despite concerns over their use in high-performance AI applications.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sharply criticized both the U.S. government and chipmakers like Nvidia at the World Economic Forum, warning that exporting these chips could backfire and pose significant national security risks.
- Amodei likened advanced AI to "a country of geniuses in a data center" and compared the chip export decision to "selling nuclear weapons to North Korea," highlighting the potential dangers of enabling Chinese AI development.
- The criticism is notable given Nvidia's major investment of up to $10 billion in Anthropic and their
