Daniela Amodei—Left OpenAI to co-found Anthropic over concerns about safety being sidelined by commercialization
Daniela Amodei departed OpenAI in December 2020 along with her brother Dario and five other researchers to found Anthropic in January 2021. The departure was driven by philosophical differences about prioritizing safety over rapid commercialization. Anthropic was structured as a Delaware public benefit corporation with a Long-Term Benefit Trust governance structure designed to prioritize safety.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Safety | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Corporate Governance | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.563 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.50)