Dario Calls for New FDA-Style Agency to Regulate AI Models and Limit Alternatives

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"At the same time that Anthropic was engaging in mandatory surveillance and nerfing its models. Dario wrote a new blog post saying that transparency was no longer good enough, that we needed to have a new regulatory agency like an FAA or maybe an FDA to approve all models."

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a blog post calling for creation of a new government regulatory agency similar to the FAA or FDA to approve all AI models, moving beyond transparency requirements. The timing coincides with Anthropic implementing mandatory 30-day data retention, user surveillance, and model downgrading. Critics argue this represents regulatory capture designed to eliminate open-source competitors and create an AI monopoly or duopoly controlled by a few companies.