Anthropic CEO Says DeepSeek Not A Rival, But Says Export Controls Are More Critical Than Ever

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated in a blog post on Wednesday that he does not see China’s DeepSeek as an adversary. The CEO believes AI export controls are more crucial than ever. DeepSeek’s new reasoning AI model surged to the top of Apple’s App Store, triggering a selloff in Nvidia’s stock that resulted in the largest one-day market cap loss in U.S. history Monday. Amodei warned that DeepSeek operates under an authoritarian regime that could exploit AI for geopolitical dominance. Amodei stressed that maintaining technological superiority is essential to preventing strategic advantages for China. Anthropic is backed by Amazon and Google.