{"slug": "anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to", "title": "Anthropic CEO says AI centralizes by nature and open models just shift power to whoever owns the chips", "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued on X that AI centralizes by nature and that open models merely shift power to whoever owns the chips, responding to criticism from investor Gavin Baker, former White House adviser David Sacks, and Meta researcher Yann LeCun, who accused him of using fear rhetoric to gain regulatory advantage. Amodei countered that regulation can also rein in corporate power.", "body_md": "An open fight over AI regulation has broken out on X. Investor Gavin Baker, former White House adviser David Sacks, and Meta researcher Yann LeCun accuse Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of using fear rhetoric to buy himself a regulatory advantage. Amodei counters that regulation can also rein in corporate power, and that open models alone just shift power toward the players with the most computing muscle.\n\nThe article [Anthropic CEO says AI centralizes by nature and open models just shift power to whoever owns the chips](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to-whoever-owns-the-chips/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to-whoever-owns-the-chips/", "published_at": "2026-08-18 13:07:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 13:14:18.074113+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "Gavin Baker", "David Sacks", "Yann LeCun", "Meta"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-ceo-says-ai-centralizes-by-nature-and-open-models-just-shift-power-to.jsonld"}}