Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic AI, criticised the recent approval by the US for NVIDIA to export its H200 AI Chips to China. Amodei likened the approval to 'selling nuclear weapons to North Korea' while claiming that the US seems to allow China to get ahead in the AI race.
Speaking with Bloomberg Television, Amodei addressed the Trump administration's decision to allow NVIDIA to export its H200 AI chips to China. The question was part of a wider debate amongst experts on whether NVIDIA should enter the Chinese AI market. Amodei made the nuclear weapons comparison regarding the decision, warning that there would be 'grave' consequences for the US in the AI race. 'So I think this is crazy. I think it's a bit like, I don't know, like selling nuclear weapons to North Korea and bragging, oh yeah, Boeing made the case. No, I wouldn't refer to any particular people, but I would say that this particular policy,' said Amodei.
