Anthropic's CEO is 'deeply uncomfortable' being one of the only people deciding AI's future

In an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS News that aired Sunday evening, Amodei said he was "deeply uncomfortable with these decisions [about AI] being made by a few companies, by a few people."

Amodei has cultivated a reputation for being alarmist about the prospect of AI unleashing major disruptions in the U.S. economy. He argues that AI will erase half of entry-level, professional white-collar jobs in the next five years.

"Without intervention, it's hard to imagine that there won't be some significant job impact there. And my worry is that it will be broad and it'll be faster than what we've seen with previous technology," Amodei said.

Anthropic's chief executive hasn't shied from stepping out of line with the Trump administration. Earlier this year, Amodei criticized a GOP effort to bar states from regulating AI. Then in October, White House AI czar David Sacks attacked Amodei for "fear-mongering" about the path ahead for AI development.

Anthropic's AI is known as "Claude," which it has primarily sold to businesses. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that the firm is on pace to turn a profit in 2028, a much faster pace compared to its rival OpenAI. Anthropic is valued at $183 billion.

The company said last week that Claude had been deployed by Chinese state-sponsored hackers to engage in a cyberattack against 30 entities, which it did not identify in a public statement.