Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei on Monday directly addressed growing industry speculation that his company supports a U.S. government ban on open-weight AI models, particularly those from China. In a blog post, Amodei stated unequivocally that Anthropic has never advocated for banning open-weight models, clarifying that his primary concern is the potential for authoritarian governments, especially China, to develop more powerful AI systems for military or repressive purposes.