During 2026 Anthropic’s seven founders presented to the world as responsible citizens whose duty was to uphold the values of American democracy through practices of commercial acumen, including the distancing of their company from the reaches of a potentially-fascist governance logic.
Important decisions were made about how to negotiate the possibility of Claude being used for mass domestic surveillance.
The recordings below capture these seminal moments in the emergence of anthropic-civitas.
Dario Amodei, 28 February 2026. Anthropic CEO on “red lines” for AI military use: “We wanted to stand up for American values”
Below: The founders on Constitutional AI and the activist intent driving their formation of a different kinds of AI company. Source: Anthropic, 21 December 2024.
Daniela Amodei speaks about the values inscripted into the creation of Anthropic by the founders.