Sam Altman renews his ‘democratic AI’ pitch as Anthropic holds a harder line

Sam Altman advocates for a 'democratic AI' approach emphasizing openness, scale, and allied cooperation to counter authoritarian AI use. In contrast, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei supports stricter hardware export controls to limit adversaries' AI capabilities. Their differing strategies highlight tensions in US AI policy amid concerns over global AI power dynamics.