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# Anthropic's CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly criticized the U.S. administration's decision to allow Nvidia and AMD to export high-performance AI chips to China, comparing it to selling nuclear weapons to North Korea. The remarks are particularly striking given that Nvidia is both a major technology partner and $10 billion investor in Anthropic. Amodei warned that the chip exports pose serious national security risks, arguing the U.S. is years ahead in chip manufacturing and should maintain that advantage. His willingness to make such inflammatory statements about a key partner suggests AI industry leaders increasingly view the competitive landscape as existential, transcending traditional business diplomacy.

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