We are entering a new era of the Cold War. Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis are calling for a "U.S.-led coalition to shape rules and standards around artificial intelligence," excluding China. "Dario Amodei also said in his address that the coalition should structure access to frontier models and hardware - including both chips and other critical components - in a way that excludes China." The new Cold War will be a high-tech one in which the competition will be fundamentally excluded from all participation and involvement, because the technology affects national security and strategy.

Today, all the key Frontierlab CEOs are meeting for a two-hour lunch. Topic: Trump administration, Anthropic and model access. Even Dario Amodei and Sam Altman are meeting. Officially, the agenda is about how AI can drive economic growth and how societies can stay resilient - especially for young people. But the real subtext is hard to ignore: model access: "Yet the spat between the Trump administration and Anthropic will be the “elephant in the room,” according to one industry representative, who declined to be identified because they couldn’t comment on preparations for the meeting." (...) "During a two-and-a-half-hour lunch, CEOs including Anthropic’s Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and Mistral’s Arthur Mensch will discuss how AI can drive economic growth and how to keep societies resilient, especially for young people, according to the official agenda." I'm very curious about the outcome of the conversation. I'll keep you updated.