Why did Dario Amodei start Anthropic?

Dario Amodei started Anthropic with a team of former senior members of OpenAI[1] in 2021 due to directional differences[1], specifically regarding OpenAI's ventures with Microsoft in 2019[1]. He left OpenAI in 2020[2] due to disagreements about safety and the company's direction, and wanted to focus on safe AI research within a dedicated organization[2]. Anthropic was founded with a collective vision emphasizing AI safety and aims not just for commercial success, but also to set a positive standard in AI[2]. He believes in prioritizing safe AI development[2] and sees the responsibility of leading AI companies[3] in finding ways to democratize control over[3] central systems as their capabilities increase. The organization is entirely dedicated to scaling AI safely while keeping humans at the center by creating steerable, interpretable, and reliable AI systems[4], focusing on both current and future AI safety issues.